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1
Freedom Riders were ineffective in their peaceful methods to protest segregation laws?
False
True
2
Why did the Open Range decline in the 1800's?
Invention of highway systems
expansion of sheep farming
expansion of state boundaries
invention of barbed wire
3
Literacy tests were...?
exams needed to pass to join the military
exams to prove you could drive
exam to take to attend school
exams needed to pass to prove you could read and write
4
Why did James L. Farmer organize the Freedom Rides
to force the federal government to enact integration in interstate travel
to protest segregation laws in Southern states
to challenge labor laws in the South
to make sure buses were adequate for travel
5
Adding interstate highway systems allowed for the increase of railroads?
False
True
6
How did Texas' population change from 1950 to 1980?
Shrank a little bit
It was cut in half
It tripled
It doubled
7
What does integrate mean?
to include only one race
to include people of all races
8
Emilio Estevez created the American GI Forum for Mexican American rights
False
True
9
What was the Red Scare?
A period of hope and success against Tuberculosis
A era of fear towards another Great Depression in the U.S.
A era of good feelings toward U.S. economic progress
A period of fear and pursuit of suspected Communists
10
What did "Ma" Ferguson accomplish as governor?
Set up retirement policies for senior citizens
Established workers union
Obtaining $20 million in bonds to feed the hungry
Found the WPA
11
The United States and Soviet Union began to stockpile what weapons during Cold War?
Tanks
Hand guns
Hand grenades
Nuclear warheads
12
Which Texas city was home to largest naval air-training center during WW2?
Corpus Christi
Houston
San Antonio
Galveston
13
What area did LULAC first work in to help Mexican-Americans?
Voting registration
Education
Business opportunity
Veterans of war
14
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tn in 1968.
False
True
15
How did Texans support the American war effort in WW2?
Started the Red Cross
Bought war bonds to help fund the war
Formed the American GI
supporting segregation laws in the military
16
First woman to drive her own cattle up the Chisholm Trail in 1873?
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Heffernan Borland
Henrietta King
Molly Goodnnnnnight
17
What did MALDEF do?
increase economic and legal rights for women
Increase Mexican American voter registration
increase the Red Scare in the U.S.
Stopped the Cold War between U.S. and Soviet Union
18
What did Texans do to prepare for future droughts?
Built more water towers in West Texas
Founded the Core of Engineers to make more rain
Built more reservoirs
Built more dams
19
Which President focused on Civil Rights Movement more
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
20
What was President LBJ's plan of social and economic reforms called?
The Great Society
The Terrific Society
The Magnificent System
The Great Shake-up
21
How did farmers feed cattle during droughts?
Planted grass near rivers
Built more ponds to store rainwater
Burned thorns off prickly pear cactus plants
Placed water buckets on the ranch
22
Which court case ruling forced schools to integrate across America
Brown v. Board of Education
Smith v. Allwright
Sweatt v. Painter
Plessy v. Fergusson
23
John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Tx during 1963.
False
True
24
What was prohibition?
a law banning African-Americans to vote
a law banning gambling
a law banning the sale of alcohol
a law banning woman to vote
25
How did higher oil prices affect the oil industry in Texas
Oil drills were shut down
Oil companies increased production and drilled more wells
Gas stations went out of businesses
Oil companies went broke
26
What was the competition between nations for space achievements in space exploration?
Space Tests
Space Race
Space War
Star Wars
27
What was the dispute between America and the Soviet Union after WW2 called?
Orange Scare
Russia vs. American
War on Communism
Cold War
28
The Democratic Party banned African Americans from voting in the primaries?
True
False
29
LULAC stands for League of United Latin American Citizens
False
True
30
What did President Dwight Eisenhower's Highway Act of 1956 do?
Gave $25 billion to states to build new highways
Enacted speed limits to be 100 mph
Placed a traffic limit on the road systems
Allowed people to not have to use seatbelts
31
Who organized the Freedom Rides?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Derek Catsam
James L. Farmer
John F. Kennedy
32
Which Civil Rights leader gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
James L. Farmer
Robert Kennedy
33
What area did Michael DeBackey and Denton Cooley make advancements in?
Medical and Health
Space exploration
Traveling on insterstate highways
Nuclear warhead weapons
34
What does C.O.R.E. stand for?
Congress of Radical Equality
Congress of Racial Equality
Court of Racial Equivalence
Congress of Republican Equity
