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Unit 11

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Conservatism?

a)

A person who is in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

b)

A person who is not in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

c)

A deep water well

d)

People that planted tress in the dust bowl

2.

Who founded CORE Congress of Racial equality

a)

Oliver Twideldee

b)

James Farmer Jr.

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

James Franco

3.

What were Freedom Rides?

a)

Whites and African American boarded interstate buses in Washington DC. And traveled to the South

b)

Whites and African American boarded interstate buses in Washington DC. And traveled to the North

c)

A cool bicycle

d)

A semi 357 Chevy Corvete

4.

1. Supreme Court case Sweatt vs Painter

a)

A bad paint job

b)

A paint job where the painter dripped sweat on the surface

c)

A man named Sweatt was denied admission to The University Of Texas law School because of race

d)

Minorities were a priority

5.

1. Which former president helped ensure rights for minorities

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Harry S. Truman

6.

Literacy test was designed to

a)

Keep Whites' ability to vote

b)

Deny African-Americans the right to vote

c)

A test for all Jr. High students

d)

A test to see how light or heavy something is

7.

This man formed the American G.I. Forum of Texas

a)

Hector Garcia

b)

Barny Jordan

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Bob Esponja

8.

The group That help set up Equal opportunities for women

a)

ACT

b)

NOW

c)

POW

d)

CAT

9.

The First African American woman to be elected to the US Senate

a)

Barbara Jordan

b)

Terry May

c)

Wilmeda Johnson

d)

Katherine Johnson

10.

MAYO stands for

a)

Mayonaise

b)

Mexican American Young Orthodoxy

c)

Mexican American Youth Organization

d)

April 30th

11.

Raymond Telles

a)

was mayor of El PAso

b)

Ambassador to Costa Rica

c)

An advisor to President Johnson

d)

All of the above

12.

Who was the first Mexican American to serve on the Texas Supreme Court?

a)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

b)

Raul Gonzales

c)

Pancho Villa

d)

Patricio Estrella

13.

Supreme Court case Brown vs Board of education ruled

a)

Separate schools were equal

b)

Separate schools were unequal

c)

School should last longer

d)

Schools should start giving STAAR tests

14.

Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson

a)

Declared schools could be separate but equal

b)

Declared all schools were unequal

c)

Declared all teachers are weird

d)

Declared Coach Petty is tired of making up fake answers

15.

The post World War II struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence

a)

Power Grab

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Cold War

d)

McCarthyism

16.

First woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. senate.

a)

Kate Hudson

b)

Kay Bailey Hutchison

c)

Elanor Rigby

d)

Lady Bird Johnson

17.

Phil Gramm was part of what political party

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Radical Whigg Party

d)

Tea Party

18.

The court cases Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Board and Delgado V Bastrop all had to do with what issue

a)

segregation

b)

separation

c)

disintegration

d)

despotism