Era of Civil Rights and Conservatism

How do the actions of Hector Garcia characterize the age of Civil Rights and Conservatism?

• His long service as leader of the Republican Party in Texas led to an expansion of conservatism in government

• His introduction of numerous education bills to Congress led to expanded educational opportunities for minorities

• His actions as the U.S. Postmaster General led to greater diversity and recognition of ethnic groups and women on stamps

• His founding of the American G.I. Forum led to expanded rights and liberties for Hispanic Americans

Which goal was the original mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens?

• Support the rights of Spanish-speaking people

• Argue for new laws that improve factory conditions

• Campaign for the elimination of immigration quotas

• Improve relations with nations of Central and South America

Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee 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 of the following had the STRONGEST influence on Hector P. Garcia's civil rights work in Texas?

• New Deal

• World War II

• 19th Amendment

• Brown v. Board of Education

Why was the U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Texas significant?

• It upheld the death penalty in Texas

• It desegregated Texas schools

• It abolished the poll tax in the South

• It allowed prayer in southern schools

All of the following describe Barbara Jordan EXCEPT:

• 1st African American elected to the Texas State Senate since 1883

• member of the Congressional Watergate Hearings

• 1st female elected governor of Texas

• keynote speaker at the 1976 Democratic National Convention

Segregation of all interstate public facilities ended with the help of which of the following groups?

• N.O.W.

• C.O.R.E.

• M.A.D.D.

• P.T.A.

Growth of the aerospace industry contributed to the urbanization of which area of the state of Texas?

• northwest

• southeast

• northeast

• southwest

"When we held meetings in the the Dallas County Court House were fountains with signs that said "White" and "Colored" over them, and bathrooms were segregated. If you were black and you were traveling, you'd better pack a lunch, because you couldn't stop in a restaurant and order food. There were no hotels or motels in which you could stay."

The leader that supported legislation that changed circumstances for African Americans in Texas was -

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard M. Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George Bush

Henry B. Gonzalez was a role model for Mexican Americans where he became-

• an influential Mexican American U.S. representative

• the first Mexican American to receive a law degree

• the only Mexican American to be elected to the U.S. Congress

• an influential Mexican American presidential cabinet member