Civil/Equal Rights Movement Tx History

Which individual focused on educating blacks on what they need to do to vote?

• Sam Houston

• Lulu Belle Madison White

• John Nance Garner

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which act outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, or national origin?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Tidelands Controversy

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• GI Forum

Which act enforced the voting rights guaranteed by the 14th and 15th amendments?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Tidelands Controversy

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• GI Forum

Which individual was able to get Congress to pass laws that benefited African Americans?

• James Farmer
• Hector P. Garcia
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Lulu Belle Madison White

Which individual founded the American GI Form and was awarded the American Medal of Freedom?

• James Farmer
• Hector P. Garcia
• Oveta Culp Hobby
• Lulu Belle Madison White

Which individual is credited with founding the CORE organization?

• James Farmer
• Hector P. Garcia
• Oveta Culp Hobby
• Lulu Belle Madison White

What drove Hector P. Garcia to found the GI Forum?

• The death of his father during the war
• The treatment of African Americans during World War II
• The discrimination that he saw in the newspaper
• The discrimination against Mexican Americans that he witnessed during the war

Which civil rights leader and Native Texan formed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?

• Hector P. Garcia

• Medgar Evers

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• James Farmer, Jr.

Which U.S. President from Texas best reflected strong leadership during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George E. Bush (43rd president)

• George H.W. Bush (41st president)

Which of the following had the STRONGEST influence on Hector P. Garcia's civil rights work in Texas?

• New Deal Program

• World War II

• 19th Amendment

• Brown v. Board of Education