Civil Rights

Who was the first Mexican-American mayor elected in El Paso?

• Hector Garcia

• Raymond L. Telles

• Raul A. Gonzalez

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which group was created to end segregation in all public places?

• C.O.R.E

• F.B.I

• L.E.P.D.

• C.I.A.

Which group was started in Corpus Christi, TX and focused on education, employment, and civil rights for Hispanics?

• LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens)

• C.O.R.E. (Congress of Racial Equality)

• NAACP (National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People)

Who was the 36th President that showed strong leadership during the fight for civil rights?

• Ronald Reagan

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Match the following

• Barbara Jordan

• Represented a more militant and aggressive approach in the civil rights movement

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Fought for civil rights through politics. 1st southern African American woman to become a congresswoman

• Dr. Hector P. Garcia

• Organized C.O.R.E & organized the first Freedom Rides

• Malcom X

• Fought for civil rights through non-violent protests

• James Farmer

• WWII vet, founder of the G.I. Forum to aid Hispanic veterans and workers

Match the following

• Jim Crow Laws

• made literacy tests and poll taxes illegal

• The Civil Rights Act

• Racial segregation laws in the south

• Voting Rights Act

• Supreme Court ruled to inegrate immediately

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Supreme Court case ruling races must be "separate but equal"

• Brown v. The Board of Education

• Ended legalizing racial segregation & discrimination

Which landmark legislation was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?

• The Fair Housing Act of 1968

• The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964