TX Unit 10 Review

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 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.

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

Which of the following is a civic responsibility of Texas citizens that is NOT required by law?

• 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 that IS REQUIRED by law?

• To serve on a jury

• To enlist in the military

• To obtain a driver's license

• To shop at local businesses

Read the information provided.

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LULAC was established to promote civil rights of Hispanic and Latin-American people. One of their biggest issues is -

• taxes

• gun control

• national defense

• education

American citizens are required by law to -

• enlist in the military

• vote in presidential elections

• have a job

• serve on a jury

What MAJOR issue caused the split between liberal and conservative Democrats in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

• Vietnam War

• Civil Rights

• Water Rights

• Korean War

Which of these gives the best description of Hector P. Garcia?

• Mexican-American WWII veteran who established the "G.I. Forum"
• civil rights worker who created CORE [the Congress of Racial Equality] and started the "Freedom Rides"
• leader of the Houston chapter of the NAACP
• first Mexican-American to be elected to the U.S. Congress

Which of these gives the best description of Barbara Jordan?

• Mexican-American WWII veteran who established the "G.I. Forum"
• civil rights worker who created CORE [the Congress of Racial Equality] and started the "Freedom Rides"
• leader of the Houston chapter of the NAACP
• first African-American from the south to be elected to the U.S. Congress