Contemporary Texas, Civil Rights

Based on the graph, which point best demonstrates a "boom" time period?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

How did New Deal programs (CCC, PWA, WPA) bring financial relief to Texans during the Great Depression?

• Gas rationing helped to reduce traffic in busy cities.

• Relocated Texans to California to look for work.

• Thousands found employment building roads and bridges.

• Government funding was provided to the agricultural sector.

What was a benefit of having the right to "free speech and press" during the Civil Rights Movement in Texas?

• It allowed civil rights leaders to take action on public opinion polls.

• It helped to create job opportunities for minorities at news stations.

• It prevented political debates on the movement.

• It informed the public about issues and events related to the movement.

How did President Johnson attempt to end discrimination

• by providing federal dollars to hire more minority teachers in colleges

• by forcing states to change their constitutions to protect African American civil rights

• by requiring state institutions to hire a certain percentage of minority workers

• by helping to pass federal laws that protected against racial prejudice within the states

Which of the following demonstrates how Mexican-Americans have maintained their heritage while adapting to American culture?

• They have chosen to only settle in the border cities.

• They adopted cooking techniques from the other cultures.

• They maintained food, music, traditions, and language over many generations.

• They have abandoned an agricultural way of life.

Who was the first African American woman from Texas to serve in the U.S. Congress?

• Barbara Jordan

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Martha Washington

• Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Which famous Texan served in the U.S. Congress and fought for equality in health care and housing?

• Sam Houston

• Sam Rayburn

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Hanry B Gonzalez

Which famous Texan served as a U.S. Senator and bring federal funds for projects in Texas?

• Barbara Jordan

• Kay Bailey Hutchinson

• Oveta Culp Hobby

The price of oil usually goes up when there is a military conflict in an oil-exporting country.

Which of the following BEST explains this fact?

• The supply of the world's oil is reduced

• World demand for oil increases.

• Oil entrepreneurs start companies in other countries.

• There is greater competition between oil-exporting companies.

Which war did Hector P Garcia fight in?

• Texas Revolution

• Vietnam

• WWI

• WWII