Obligations that each person has to society or the duties of the citizen like voting, serve in jury duty, run for elected offices, and pay taxes.

A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation based on color, race, religion, sex, or national origin in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.

The "separate but equal" laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

organization formed in 1929 in Corpus Christi to work for Mexican American Rights in the court system, in hiring and in education; challenged restrictive housing, employment discrimination, and the segregation of Latino students.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans

A political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion.

Focusing on emotionally powerful preaching, rather than formal ceremonies, and on the teachings of the Bible.

i.e., Democrat and Republican;

Enforced separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.

To make changes in something like a political, economic, or social institution

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

Organized by Mexican-American veterans in 1948 to fight discrimination against Mexican Americans.

Mexican-American physician and World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist and founder of the G.I. Forum.

36th president of the United States who succeeded Kennedy and actively supported civil rights legislation and affirmative action.

First African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate (1967) and first southern African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives (1973)

Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942. Initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride.

Democratic politician and 1st Mexican American to be elected to the state Senate in 1957.

A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.

Made the use of any test or device to deny the vote illegal and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had previously denied African Americans the right to vote.

A political system dominated by two major parties that compete in national elections.

Individuals coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

fought against Jim Crow Laws; President of Houston's NAACP; campaigned for the rights to vote, equal pay for equal work, and desegregation of public facilities for African Americans

1954-1975; A war between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

1950-1953; Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.

Chief of Staff of both President Reagan and Bush - Secretary of the Treasury from 1985-1988

He was elected as El Paso's First Mexican-American Mayor 1957 and served as Ambassador to Cuba under President John F kennedy

First Mexican American to be elected to the Texas Supreme Court. Served as Associate Justice from 1984 to 1998.

Director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II; she held the rank of colonel and later became the second woman cabinet member, serving as secretary of health, education, and welfare.

Native Texan, WWII Veteran, Founder of the GI Forum and key leader of the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement in Texas.

Dallas Texas native who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Texas between 1979-1991.

El Paso native who was elected mayor of El Paso in 1957, making him the first Mexican.

Born in Denison Texas was a 5 star General during WWII, the 34th president of the United states

Period of time lasting exactly 100 years

Law ending segregation in public places and discrimination in employment

Era where minorities fought for equal civil and voting rights

League of United Latin American Citizens

A group of Mexican Americans founded LULAC in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1929

Poverty, high school dropouts rates, discriminatory in housing and schools

Promote civil rights of persons of Mexican descent

Expanded civil rights to include people of Mexican descent

Integrated the University of Texas

Ended legalized racial segregation of K-12 schools

After WWII people moved from northern cities to southern states.

After WWII, people started to look for new economic opportunities in the military, industrial, and agricultural industries.

People from the north with different political views began to move into Texas and caused shift in voting. Cities began to shift from Democratic to Republican.

Era following the Civil War where the US grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems.

Era where Texas became the 28th state of the United States of America in December 1845.

Era where the North and Southern parts of the US dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.

Era where over 750,00 Texans enter the military to defeat the Nazis in Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific

Era of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States.