WorksheetsChapter 28 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
act of Congress that gave authority for President Johnson to send troops into combat in Vietnam
War Powers Act
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Great Society
Executive order
surgeon who performed the first arterial bypass operation
James Farmer
Cesar Chaves
Dr. Oz
Michael DeBakey
Who was James Farmer
Served in the House of Representatives for 30 years
Founded the War Powers Act
Founded CORE
Started the Chicano Movement
political organization formed in 1970 to focus on Hispanic issues and elect Hispanics to office
CORE
La Raza Unida Party
Chicano Movement
LULAC
program launched by President Johnson for sweeping reforms to improve the lives of Texans
Civil Rights Movement
Economic Opportunity Act
Great Society
Great Depression
Great Society legislation that funded job training and community action programs
Economic Opportunity Act
Civil Rights Act
War Powers Act
CORE
Texan who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 37 years
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cesar Chaves
Henry B. Gonzales
James Farmer
protests that involve refusing to leave a location
boycott
sit-ins
protest
strike
actions by Hispanics in the 1960s for political change and an end to discrimination
protest
La Raza Unida
LULAC
Chicano Movement
Texan who became president after John F. Kennedy’s assassination
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Bobby Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The growth of the Democratic Party in the 1970s finally made Texas a two-party state.
True
False
The Great Society was actually begun by John F. Kennedy.
True
False
Lyndon Johnson was a strong supporter of the New Deal.
True
False
The development of air-conditioning and the sunny climate made Texas attractive to many newcomers.
False
True
More than 2,100 Texans were killed in the Vietnam war.
False
True
The oil boom ended in Texas in the 1970s and caused a dramatic loss of jobs.
False
True
Sit-ins were a form of nonviolent protest against buses.
False
True
Texas was slow in becoming a high-tech center, but caught up later.
True
False
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
True
False
In the 1960s and 1970s, both women and Hispanics made political gains.
False
True
Texas cities grew rapidly toward the end of the 1900s because of
a rapidly increasing birthrate.
the failure of the family farm.
the availability of good jobs and a good quality of life.
low-cost housing programs.
Oil prices rose sharply in the 1970s, and the Texas oil business boomed after
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) banned oil shipments to the United States.
Congress banned offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Saudi Arabian oil fields became exhausted.
sport utility vehicles became more common.
The aerospace industry in Texas flourished because of
tax breaks for manufacturers.
the sunny climate.
the Cold War and the space program.
the availability of inexpensive land for runways and other facilities.
President Lyndon Johnson decided not to run for re-election in 1968 because
increasing opposition to the war had sharply divided the country.
he was likely to be impeached.
he wanted to retire to his hill country ranch.
the Democratic Party refused to nominate him for another term.
Congress acted decisively to end segregation in public places with passage of
the Carter-Haney Law.
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
the Alabama Act of 1965.
the Equal Rights Amendment.
