Unit 11

group formed by Dr. Hector P. Garcia to fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans

• NOW

• American G.I. Forum of Texas

• Head Start

• CORE

worldwide organization of oil-producing countries

• CORE

• OPEC

• NOW

• Head Start

group founded by James L. Farmer, Jr., that used nonviolent protest to win access to public facilities for African Americans

• Head Start

• CORE

• OPEC

• American G.I. Forum of Texas

organization that sought equal opportunities in employment and education for women

• OPEC

• NOW

• CORE

• Head Start

Great Society program designed to give poor children a chance to start school on even footing with other children

• Head Start

• OPEC

• NOW

• CORE

How was Austin native John Henry Faulk affected by the Red Scare?

• He was convicted of espionage.

• He was drafted to fight in the Korean War.

• He was found guilty of revealing American secrets to Cuba.

• He lost his job due to accusations that he was a Communist

Which of the following factors contributed to the growth in farm productivity in the postwar years?

• the growing number of small family farms

• the increased use of farm machinery

• the decreased use of irrigation

• the movement of cotton planting from West to East Texas

How did the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 affect Texas’s oil industry?

• It raised oil prices, providing a boost to Texas’s oil industry

• It raised oil prices, causing Texas’s oil industry to suffer.

• It lowered oil prices, providing a boost to Texas’s oil industry.

• It lowered oil prices, causing Texas’s oil industry to suffer.

What country launched the world’s first artificial satellite in 1957, spurring the United States to develop its own space program?

• China

• the United Kingdom

• North Korea

• the Soviet Union

What invention by Jack Kilby led to the creation of personal computers, digital watches, and many other devices?

• transistor

• artificial satellite

• integrated silicon circuit

• vacuum tube