Unit 11: Civil Rights and Conservatism in Texas

Why is it important for citizens to vote?

• so they can run for public office

• so they can join a political party

• to make their wishes known to officials

• so they can be better informed

undocumented aliens

• people who live in the United States without a visa

• process by which foreign-born individuals with a green card can become US citizens

• people from other countries living legally in the United States for a short period of time

• a principle in the Texas Constitution that protects fundamental freedoms of all Texans

naturalization

• people who live in the United States without a visa

• process by which foreign-born individuals with a green card can become US citizens

• people from other countries living legally in the United States for a short period of time

• a principle in the Texas Constitution that protects fundamental freedoms of all Texans

nonresident aliens

• people who live in the United States without a visa

• process by which foreign-born individuals with a green card can become US citizens

• people from other countries living legally in the United States for a short period of time

• a principle in the Texas Constitution that protects fundamental freedoms of all Texans

civil rights

• people who live in the United States without a visa

• process by which foreign-born individuals with a green card can become US citizens

• people from other countries living legally in the United States for a short period of time

• a principle in the Texas Constitution that protects fundamental freedoms of all Texans

Which of the following is a sign of the rise of conservatism?

• Republican nominee Dwight Eisenhower won the Texas electoral votes in 1952 and 1956

• The Republican candidate has carried Texas in every presidential election since 1980

• Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey won the Texas electoral vote in 1968

• Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected the first female senator from Texas in 2000

Dr. Hector Garcia

• founder of the American GI Forum

• founder of CORE, Congress of Racial Equality

• president of the Houston chapter of the NAACP and grew it to the largest chapter in the South

• first Mexican American to be elected as the mayor of a major American city (El Paso) and the first Mexican American to be appointed as a US Ambassador

Henry B. Gonzalez

• first Mexican American elected to the San Antonio City Council and first Mexican American from Texas in the US House of Representatives

• first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress

• fought against segregation at the university level and is responsible for the establishment of Texas Southern University

• first African American woman to graduate from St. Mary's University Law School and the only Black female attorney in Bexar County for almost three decades

Barbara Jordan

• first Mexican American elected to the San Antonio City Council and first Mexican American from Texas in the US House of Representatives

• first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress

• fought against segregation at the university level and is responsible for the establishment of Texas Southern University

• first African American woman to graduate from St. Mary's University Law School and the only Black female attorney in Bexar County for almost three decades

Heman Sweatt

• first Mexican American elected to the San Antonio City Council and first Mexican American from Texas in the US House of Representatives

• first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress

• fought against segregation at the university level and is responsible for the establishment of Texas Southern University

• first African American woman to graduate from St. Mary's University Law School and the only Black female attorney in Bexar County for almost three decades