Civil Rights and Conservatism

Which Texan was the first African American from a southern state to serve in the U.S. Congress after her service in the Texas State Senate?

• Olveta Culp Hobby

• Kay Bailey Hutchinson

• Barbara Jordon

• Ann Richards

Which of the following is a civic responsibility of Texas citizens?

• Buying a car

• Taking a vaction

• Voting for public officials

• Participating in a protest march

Which of the following is a civic responsibility of Texas citizens?

• To serve on a jury

• To enlist in the military

• To obtain a driver's license

• To shop at local businesses

Oveta Culp Hobby

• She was the first woman to sing a leading role with the Metropolitan Opera and served as a U.S. Goodwill Ambassador to nations across the world.

• At the age of fifty-two, she devoted her life to encouraging young girls. She founded the Girl Scouts and established a national headquarters in Washington. At her death, there were troops in every state.

• She was a forerunner in the newly emerging field of photojournalism and was the first female to be hired as such. She was the first photographer for Fortune magazine and the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union.

• She formed and led the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during the Second World War. She was appointed the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare — the second woman to hold a cabinet post.

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?

• Medgar Evers

• James Farmer, Jr.

• Hector P. Garcia

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

The post WW II struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for power and influence; the struggle did not involve direct fighting between those two superpowers.

• Cold War

• Boycott

• Libel

• Integrate

The law that sought to end discrimination in the U.S. on the basis of race, religion, gender, or national origin was called the.....

• Civil Rights Act of 1944

• Civil Rights Act of 1954

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil RIghts Act of 1974

Which of the following is NOT true about Barbara Jordan?

• First African American woman elected to Texas Senate

• First Texas citizen to be elected the U.S. Supreme Court

• First woman from southern state elected to U.S. Congress

This political party dominated Texas politics from the end of Reconstruction until the late 1970's?

• Democrat

• Republican

• Libertarian

• Green

1. In 1964 I supported the Civil Rights Bill and signed it through as President in addition to Voting Rights Act of 1965. Who am I?

• Hector P Garcia

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Jane McCallum

• Lyndon Johnson