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Test review: Politics, Economics, & Civil Rights!

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Up to the 1950's, Texans favored which political party?

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

2.

Which President holds the record for being most popular with Texas voters?

a)

Truman

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Houston

3.

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)  

4.

Which war followed WW2?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korean

5.

What was the Tidelands controversy about?

a)

Artifacts buried on Texas beaches

b)

Preserving Texas coastlines

c)

Oil deposits along the coastlines.

d)

Protecting Coastal ecosytems.

6.

Who won the Korean war?

a)

No one

b)

The North

c)

The South

7.

What was significant about Eisenhower's win as president among Texas voters?

a)

It was the first time Texans voted for a war veteran

b)

It was the first time Texans voted for a Democrat

c)

It was the first time many Texans voted for a Republican

d)

It was the first time many minority groups in Texas voted for president.

8.

Which 2 presidents were from Texas?

a)

Kennedy & Johnson

b)

Nixon & Eisenhower

c)

Truman & Kennedy

d)

Johnson & Eisenhower

9.

Why didn't Anglo Texans support President Kennedy?

a)

He didn't practice their same religion.

b)

He favored Civil Rights.

c)

He wasn't from Texas.

d)

He never campaigned in Texas.

10.

Which city was Kennedy assassinated?

a)

Houston

b)

San Antonio

c)

Austin

d)

Dallas

11.

Who killed John F. Kennedy?

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

No one knows

12.

The (a)   War was not a physical war. (capitalize correctly)

13.

Which countries did the U.S. try to stop the spread of communism in during the 1950's-60's?

Choose all that apply:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

14.

Texas voters had a major impact in helping to elect Kennedy as president.

a)

YES

b)

NO

15.

What word would describe the Texas economy after WW2?

a)

Thriving

b)

Declining

c)

Unstable

d)

Consistent

16.

A major company that arrived in Texas during the 1950's was (a)   Instruments. (Capitalize & Spell correctly).

17.

A Suburban neighborhood is characterized by these adjectives:

a)

expensive, new, entertaining

b)

New, Safe, Comfortable.

c)

Safe, New, Quiet

d)

Quiet, wealthy, safe.

18.

During the 1960's schools in Texas kept the races ________.

a)

Apart

b)

Together

19.

Where were Jim Crow laws enforced?

a)

The United States

b)

The southern hemisphere

c)

South Texas

d)

The southern United States

20.

Civil Rights are guaranteed to all in the:

a)

Texas Constitution

b)

Bill of rights

c)

U.S. Constitution

21.

Did Texans support Civil Rights?

a)

YES

b)

NO

22.

Why was Brown vs. Board of Education a monumental court case?

a)

It separated schools by race

b)

It allowed the Board of Education to take control of schools.

c)

It desegregated schools.

d)

It allowed Elliot Brown to attend segregated schools.

23.

What are Barbara Jordan's accomplishments? (choose all that apply):

a)

1st African American Texas Governor

b)

1st African American in the Texas Senate.

c)

1st African American in the U.S. congress (from a southern state).

d)

1st African American to join the Texas Rangers.

24.

In the early years of the Civil Rights movement, integrating races in Texas was against the law:

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

What language could Texas students get in trouble for speaking during the Civil Rights era? (spell and capitalize correctly)

(a)  

26.

What "new" language was created using both English & Spanish?

a)

TexMex

b)

SpEnglish

c)

Englisp

d)

Spanglish

27.

What other groups fought for equal rights in Texas during the Civil Rights era?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Chinese Americans

c)

Women

d)

Mexican Americans

e)

Immigrants

28.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote? Just type the number:

(a)  

29.

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.

a)

Mexicanos

b)

Chicos

c)

La Razas

d)

Chicanos