Texas Studies Weekly: Week 29 The 20th Century

Answer after reading the article “Texas Blasts Off Into the Future.”

What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

• how fast the oil industry was growing

• why people were moving from farms

• how many new businesses provided jobs for people

• why people did not like to live in cities

Answer questions after reading the article “Texas Blasts Off Into the Future.”

After World War II African Americans and Hispanics had more rights because—

• laws were passed to make sure people were treated fairly

• many of them worked for NASA

• technology industries were opening in Texas

• they all moved to Texas to open businesses

Answer question after reading the article “Texas Blasts Off Into the Future.”

Which word in the article helps the reader understand the meaning of the word opportunities?

• rights

• chances

• passed

• races

Answer question after reading the article “Notable Texans of the 20th Century.”

Look at the following web of information from the story. What would be the best title for this web?

• Lyndon Johnson’s Jobs Before Becoming President of the United State

• Ways President Johnson Improved Life for U.S. Citizens

• How Lyndon Johnson Helped Mexican American Families Before His Presidency

• Lyndon Johnson’s Goals as a U.S. Congressman

Answer question after reading the article “Notable Texans of the 20th Century.”

The reader can tell that Barbara Jordan ______.

• liked attending school at Texas Southern University

• could never f ind a college in which to attend law school

• was not afraid to try things that had not often been done before

• did not mind when people were treated differently because of their skin color

Answer question after reading the article “Notable Texans of the 20th Century.”

Why did Henry Gonzalez probably want to be a member of the U.S. Congress?

• It would be a better job than one he could get in Mexico.

• He wanted to make sure all people were treated fairly.

• It would be a good paying job.

• He did not have the education for any other job.

Answer question after reading the article “Notable Texans of the 20th Century.”

The author organizes the story by ______.

• telling the main ideas about three people’s lives and giving details about what they did

• explaining why people need equal rights

• describing three people who worked in the U.S. government

• comparing the ideas men and women have about civil rights

Answer question after reading the article “Texas Technology—Industry for the Future.”

In paragraph 1 the word global is used to describe how some businesses ______.

• provide goods and services to people

• have opened up technology companies in Texas

• spend a lot of money on computers

• work with people in countries all over the world