Question 1

What name refers to the era in Texas history that lasted from 1945 to 1980?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights and Conservatism

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Age of Oil

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Texas in the Great Depression and World War II

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Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

Question 2

Which goal was the original mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens?

Accepted Answer

Support the rights of Spanish-speaking people

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Improve relations with nations of Central and South America

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Campaign for the elimination of immigration quotas

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Argue for new laws that improve factory conditions

Question 3

Which of the following is a civic responsibility of Texas citizens?

Accepted Answer

Voting for public officials

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Taking a vacation

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Participating in a protest march

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Buying a car

Question 4

Why is freedom of the press essential to an effective democratic government in Texas?

Accepted Answer

A free press monitors government actions for corruption and mismanagement.

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A free press is a critical tool to distribute commercial advertising.

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A free press contributes to diplomacy between Texas and other states.

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A free press employs a large segment of the population.

Question 5

Which president pushed through the passage of major civil rights legislation?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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John F. Kennedy

Question 6

What factors significantly increased crop yields in Texas following World War II?

Accepted Answer

farm machinery and irrigation

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small farms and family farms

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migrant workers from various countries

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feed lots

Question 7

Why did James L. Farmer, Jr. organize the Freedom Rides?

Accepted Answer

to force the government to enforce the desegregation of interstate buses

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to protest local laws that forced African Americans to sit in the back of the bus

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to reunite African Americans with their relatives in other states

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to challenge labor laws that discriminated against African American bus drivers

Question 8

Which of the following is a civic responsibility of Texas citizens?

Accepted Answer

To serve on a jury

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To obtain a driver's license

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To enlist in the military

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To shop at local businesses

Question 9

Differences between the goals of liberals and conservatives led to a division in whichpolitical group?

Accepted Answer

the Democratic Party

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NAACP

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Texas Women's Political Caucus

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the Republican Party

Question 10

Which Supreme Court ruling forced schools across the country to begin to integrate racially?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Sweatt v. Painter

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Smith v. Allwrigh

Question 11

Who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?

Accepted Answer

James L. Farmer, Jr.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Lulu Belle Madison White

Question 12

What amendment approved in 1972 granted Texas women the same rights as men?

Accepted Answer

Texas Equal Rights Amendment

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Texas Women's Rights Amendment

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Texas Fair Rights Amendment

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Texas Civil Rights Amendment

Question 13

How do the actions of Hector Garcia characterize the age of Civil Rights and Conservatism?

Accepted Answer

His founding of the American G.I. Forum led to expanded rights and liberties for Hispanic Americans.

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His actions as the U.S. Postmaster General led to greater diversity and recognition of ethnic groups and women on stamps.

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His introduction of numerous education bills to Congress led to expanded educational opportunities for minorities.

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His long service as leader of the Republican Party in Texas led to an expansion of conservatism in government.

Question 14

What was the relationship between Lyndon B. Johnson and the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

He worked hard to win the passage of civil rights legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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He professed to care about civil rights, but did not want to risk alienating his conservative voter base.

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He pushed for the re-segregation of Texas's public schools.

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He largely ignored the movement, preferring to focus on the economy and foreign policy.

Question 15

Which group generally opposed Johnson's Great Society?

Accepted Answer

conservatives

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liberals

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labor unionists

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socialists

Question 16

Which Texan is noted for years of service as a judge in the state of Texas and was the first Hispanic appointed to statewide office in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Raul A. Gonzalez, Jr

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Raymond L. Telles

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Barbara Jordan

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James A. Baker, III

Question 17

Which individual traveled around the country recruiting women to the Women’s Army Corp during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Oveta Culp Hobby

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Jane McCallum

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Barbara Jordan

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Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Question 18

Which Texan leader is described by the information in the box?

Accepted Answer

Raymond L. Telles

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Lauro Cazavos

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Raul A. Gonzales, Jr

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Henry B. González

Question 19

Which Civil Rights leader was President of the Houston Chapter of the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

Lulu Belle Madison White

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Oveta Culp Hobby

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Jane McCallum

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Barbara Jordan

Question 20

Which of the following is not a primary source?

Accepted Answer

An excerpt from the textbook

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President Ronald Reagan, speech presenting Presidential Medal of Freedom (1984)

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Barbara Jordan, keynote address, Democratic National Convention, 1976

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 21

What are civil rights?

Accepted Answer

individual freedoms guaranteed to citizens

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individual freedoms and the modifications of institutions

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courteous and polite

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a war between citizens of the same country

Question 22

What is an activist?

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a person directly taking action to support a cause

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a person advocating for no government

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a government agency directly taking action to support a cause

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a government advocating for civil war

Question 23

What is segregation?

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to separate people, especially by race

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to bring people together

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an interrogation technique

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to move to a foreign country

Question 24

What is conservativism?

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advocating for the traditional values and smaller government

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advocating for no government at all

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advocating for the redistribution of wealth

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advocating for individual freedoms and larger government

Question 25

What is liberalism?

Accepted Answer

advocating for individual freedoms and larger government

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advocating for the traditional values and smaller government

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advocating for no government at all

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advocating for the redistribution of wealth

Question 26

Which of the following is a sign of the rise of Conservatism in Texas?

Accepted Answer

The Republican candidate has carried Texas in every presidential election since 1980.

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Republican nominee Dwight Eisenhower won the Texas Electoral votes in 1952 and 1956

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Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey won the Texas electoral vote in 1968

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Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson was elected as the first female senator from Texas in 2000

Question 27

Johnson's overall plan for reform in the U.S. was called-

Accepted Answer

The Great Society

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The Great Depression

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The New Deal

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The Civil Rights Act

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