WorksheetsCivil Rights & Conservatism
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which Texan was the first African American from a southern state to serve in the U.S. Congress after her service in the Texas State Senate?
Olveta Culp Hobby
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Barbara Jordon
Ann Richards
Oveta Culp Hobby
She was the first woman to sing a leading role with the Metropolitan Opera and served as a U.S. Goodwill Ambassador to nations across the world.
At the age of fifty-two, she devoted her life to encouraging young girls. She founded the Girl Scouts and established a national headquarters in Washington. At her death, there were troops in every state.
She was a forerunner in the newly emerging field of photojournalism and was the first female to be hired as such. She was the first photographer for Fortune magazine and the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union.
A journalist, business leader, and public servant, she formed and led the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during the Second World War. She was appointed the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare — the second woman to hold a cabinet post.
How do the actions of Hector Garcia characterize the age of Civil Rights and Conservatism?
His founding of the American G.I. Forum led to expanded rights and liberties for Hispanic Americans.
His long service as leader of the Republican Party in Texas led to an expansion of conservatism in government.
His introduction of numerous education bills to Congress led to expanded educational opportunities for minorities.
His actions as the U.S. Postmaster General led to greater diversity and recognition of ethnic groups and women on stamps.
The post WW II struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for power and influence; the struggle did not involve direct fighting between those two superpowers.
Cold War
Boycott
Libel
Integrate
1. In 1964 I supported the Civil Rights Bill and signed it through as President in addition to Voting Rights Act of 1965. Who am I?
Hector P Garcia
Oveta Culp Hobby
Jane McCallum
Lyndon Johnson
Which goal was the original mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens?
Support the rights of Spanish-speaking people
Argue for new laws that improve factory conditions
Campaign for the elimination of immigration quotas
Improve relations with nations of Central and South America
Segregation of all interstate public facilities ended with the help of which of the following groups?
N.O.W.
C.O.R.E.
M.A.D.D.
P.T.A.
Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?
Hector P. Garcia
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Farmer, Jr.
NASA is an acronym for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Areas
Non Alien Species in Areas
National Aerospace and Space Arenas
The law that sought to end discrimination in the U.S. on the basis of race, religion, gender, or national origin was called the.....
Civil Rights Act of 1944
Civil Rights Act of 1954
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil RIghts Act of 1974
Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?
Medgar Evers
James Farmer, Jr.
Hector P. Garcia
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The law that sought to end discrimination in the U.S. on the basis of race, religion, gender, or national origin was called the.....
Civil Rights Act of 1944
Civil Rights Act of 1954
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil RIghts Act of 1974
-formed the Committee of Racial Equality
(CORE)
-worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through
nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?
Hector P. Garcia
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Farmer, Jr.
