Civil Rights and Conservatism Bring Changes

Identify the Civil Rights and Conservatism Era in Texas History. You need to type a 3-4 sentence description of this era

Answer explanation

Student should be able to identify the key traits of the Civil Rights and Conservatism Era. Such as, key groups suchs CORE and LULAC fighting for civil rights, ending discrimination, women getting more opportunities, Cold War, Space Race, NASA petrochemical industry, boom and bust, liberalism vs conservatism, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Barbara Jordan, NAFTA, trade with Mexico

Which acts, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, helped to end segregation and discrimination and to protect minority groups’ right to vote? Select TWO correct answers.

• Segregation Act

• Minority Group Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Johnson Act

• Voting Rights Act

Segregation in the South was mainly based on 

• hair color

• religion

• race (color of the skin)

• economic status

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people

• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

Which of these is the best summary for the Civil Rights movement?

• an effort to end racial discrimination and segregation

• business leaders creating more jobs to improve the economy

• women protesting for their right to vote [known as suffrage]

• police and fire fighters recruiting civilians to help them

Individual Freedoms guaranteed to citizens.

• Civil Rights

• Activist

• Segregation

• Conservatism

Describe what happened politically during LBJ's time as president

Answer explanation

Answer should focus on the political things that LBJ did as president such: Civil Rights of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Great Society programs

How did Hector Garcia impact the lives of Mexican Americans in Texas?

Answer explanation

Created the G.I. Forum for Mexican Americans. Fought for civil rights, wanted to end segregation and discrimination towards Hispanic Americans

How did James Farmer impact the lives of African Americans in Texas?

Answer explanation

Founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Civil rights activist, fought to end segregation in U.S. planned the Freedom Rides

Define civil rights

Answer explanation

legally sanctioned individual freedoms guaranteed to citizens