WorksheetsTest review: Politics, Economics, & Civil Rights!
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 17mins
Up to the 1950's, Texans favored which political party?
Republican
Democrat
Which President holds the record for being most popular with Texas voters?
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Houston
Type the correct order of these presidents in the order they were elected:
Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, Roosevelt, Eisenhower.
JUST TYPE THE FIRST LETTER OF THEIR NAMES (capitalized) Followed by a comma to separate the. No spaces needed between commas and letters.
(a)
Which war followed WW2?
Vietnam
Korean
What was the Tidelands controversy about?
Artifacts buried on Texas beaches
Preserving Texas coastlines
Oil deposits along the coastlines.
Protecting Coastal ecosytems.
Who won the Korean war?
No one
The North
The South
What was significant about Eisenhower's win as president among Texas voters?
It was the first time Texans voted for a war veteran
It was the first time Texans voted for a Democrat
It was the first time many Texans voted for a Republican
It was the first time many minority groups in Texas voted for president.
Which 2 presidents were from Texas?
Kennedy & Johnson
Nixon & Eisenhower
Truman & Kennedy
Johnson & Eisenhower
Why didn't Anglo Texans support President Kennedy?
He didn't practice their same religion.
He favored Civil Rights.
He wasn't from Texas.
He never campaigned in Texas.
Which city was Kennedy assassinated?
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas
Who killed John F. Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
No one knows
The (a) War was not a physical war. (capitalize correctly)
Which countries did the U.S. try to stop the spread of communism in during the 1950's-60's?
Choose all that apply:
Soviet Union
Korea
Japan
Vietnam
Texas voters had a major impact in helping to elect Kennedy as president.
YES
NO
What word would describe the Texas economy after WW2?
Thriving
Declining
Unstable
Consistent
A major company that arrived in Texas during the 1950's was (a) Instruments. (Capitalize & Spell correctly).
A Suburban neighborhood is characterized by these adjectives:
expensive, new, entertaining
New, Safe, Comfortable.
Safe, New, Quiet
Quiet, wealthy, safe.
During the 1960's schools in Texas kept the races ________.
Apart
Together
Where were Jim Crow laws enforced?
The United States
The southern hemisphere
South Texas
The southern United States
Civil Rights are guaranteed to all in the:
Texas Constitution
Bill of rights
U.S. Constitution
Did Texans support Civil Rights?
YES
NO
Why was Brown vs. Board of Education a monumental court case?
It separated schools by race
It allowed the Board of Education to take control of schools.
It desegregated schools.
It allowed Elliot Brown to attend segregated schools.
What are Barbara Jordan's accomplishments? (choose all that apply):
1st African American Texas Governor
1st African American in the Texas Senate.
1st African American in the U.S. congress (from a southern state).
1st African American to join the Texas Rangers.
In the early years of the Civil Rights movement, integrating races in Texas was against the law:
TRUE
FALSE
What language could Texas students get in trouble for speaking during the Civil Rights era? (spell and capitalize correctly)
(a)
What "new" language was created using both English & Spanish?
TexMex
SpEnglish
Englisp
Spanglish
What other groups fought for equal rights in Texas during the Civil Rights era?
Native Americans
Chinese Americans
Women
Mexican Americans
Immigrants
Which amendment gave women the right to vote? Just type the number:
(a)
During their fight for equal rights, many young Mexican Americans began calling themselves ____________ to emphasize their cultural roots in Mexico & their shared experiences as a race.
Mexicanos
Chicos
La Razas
Chicanos
