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People of Texas Civil Rights and Important people

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hector Garcia founded the American G.I. Forum and fought against discrimination for Mexican Americans

a)

True

b)

False

2.
Which of these is the best summary for the Civil Rights movement?
a)
an effort to end racial discrimination and segregation
b)
business leaders creating more jobs to improve the economy
c)
women protesting for their right to vote [known as suffrage]
d)
police and fire fighters recruiting civilians to help them
3.

What did Oveta Culp Hobby become the director of during World War II?

a)

Women's Army Corps

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Jim Crow Laws

4.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b)
MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
c)
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
d)
James P. Farmer
5.
The organization started by Hector Garcia to help veterans get health care and education.
a)
CORE
b)
WAC
c)
American G.I Forum
d)
NAACP
6.

Which Texan native formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE), promoting non-violent protests?

a)
James Baker III
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
James Farmer Jr.
d)
Hector Garcia
7.

She formed the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during WWII and was the 2nd woman to hold a cabinet post.

a)
Clara Barton
b)
Lulu White
c)
Oveta Culp Hobby
d)
Barbara Jorden
8.

Which set correctly matches the Texan with his/her contribution?

a)

Benjy Brooks - pediatric surgery

b)

Walter Cunningham - computers

c)

Benjy Brooks - shuttle astronaut

d)

Michael Dell - Apollo astronaut

9.

The work of Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, and Benny Brooks helped to make which Texas city a leading medical hub?

a)

Dallas

b)

Fort Worth

c)

Houston

d)

San Antonio

10.

Denton Cooley created the first what?

a)

Airplane

b)

Artificial Heart Valve

c)

Vehicle

d)

Electrical polls for cities

11.

This Person was a teacher, Civil Rights activist, and worked for the NAACP

a)

Oveta Culp Hobby

b)

Kay Bailey Hutchison

c)

Lulu Belle Madison White

12.

Which group works with Mexican Americans most closely?

a)

NAACP

b)

Wounded Warriors

c)

L.U.L.A.C

d)

Jefferson Davis

13.

What era in history is represented in the article?

a)

Progressivism

b)

WWll

c)

Cold War

d)

Civil Rights

14.

First woman to represent Texas in Senate-

Longest Speaker of the House-

First African American woman in U.S. House of Representatives.

a)

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sam Rayburn, Baraba Jordan

b)

Ann Richards, John Nance Gardner, Barbara Jordan

c)

Barbara Jordan, Sam Rayburn, Kay Bailey Hutchinson

d)

kay Bailey Hutchison, LBJ, Barbara Jordan

15.

Henry B Gonzalez, Barbara Jordan, Sam Rayburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison

a)

Famous Artists of Texas

b)

Political Leaders of Texas

c)

Entrepreneurs of Texas

d)

Civil Rights Leaders of Texas

16.

Due to efforts of NAACP, LULAC, American GI Forum and C.O.R.E...

a)

minority groups n the US have fewer educational opportunities

b)

laws of the US are more fair and less biased than they were

c)

Jim Crow laws are still constitutional according to the US Supreme Court

d)

all forms of discrimination have been eliminated and no longer exist

17.
Who is the person pictured here?
[Texas legislator, Congressman for 48 years, Speaker of the House]
a)
Sam Rayburn
b)
John Nance Garner
c)
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
d)
Henry B. Gonzalez
18.

This Person set up Mash Units during the war to heal wounded Soldiers and invented Machine that let made heart surgery possible.

a)

Oveta Culp Hobby

b)

Michael Dell

c)

Michael DeBakey

d)

Sam Rayburn

19.

Michael Dell started what major computer company in Texas and surged other Technology fields to come to Texas.

a)

Dell Computers

b)

Verizon Computers

c)

Android Computers

d)

Apple Computers

20.

Person who went to Space aboard the Apollo 7 mission spending 11 days in Space.

a)

Walter Cunningham

b)

Booker T Washing

c)

James Farmer

d)

Oveta Culp Hobby