Texas Peeps... 1980's...

Who was elected governor of Texas creating a turning point in Texas politics?

• George W. Bush

• George H. W. Bush

• Bill Clements

• Mark White

Name the Democrat that beat out Bill Clements for the office of Texas governor in 1982.

• Mark White

• Ann Richards

• Hector P. Garcia

• Betty Friedan

The first Hispanic Texan to hold a major state office when he was appointed to the state Supreme Court.

• Benito Juarez

• Judith Zaffirini

• Maria Elena Gonzalez de la Luz

• Raul A. Gonzales Jr.

She was the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas Legislature in 1986.

• Ann Richardo

• Judith Zaffirini

• Rosanna Zuniga

• Maria James

The political system in which two parties of comparable strength compete for political office.

• two-party system

• two-people system

• two groups

• bi-lateral system

The first female U.S. Senator ______

____ is used when a state's income exceeds its expenses.

______was the business sector that suffered especially hard when oil prices fell in the mid-1980s.

_____was the fist woman elected to a statewide office in Texas in 50 years.

_____was on the reasons that the price of oil dropped so so significantly in the mid-1980s.