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Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 1
Test Description: The Modern Era
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was a commander of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps?
A
Lulu Bells Madison White
B
Chester W. Nimitz
C
Oveta Culp Hobby
D
Katherine Anne Porter
2) Which of the following was a governor who defended Texas's ownership of its tidelands?
A
Beauford Jester
B
Heman Sweatt
C
Allan Shivers
D
Hector P. Garcia
3) Which of the following was a governor who made education a priority and signed laws that created the Texas Education Agency?
A
Chester W. Nimitz
B
Beauford Jester
C
Audie Murphy
D
Dorie Miller
4) Which of the following was an African American who sued and won the right to attend the University of Texas School of Law?
A
Heman Sweatt
B
Audie Murphy
C
Katherine Anne Porter
D
Chester Nimitz
5) Which of the following was a Texan who commanded the Pacific Fleet in World War II?
A
Ross Sterling
B
Chester W. Nimitz
C
Hector P. Garcia
D
Lulu Bells Madison White
6) Which of the following was an African American from Waco who received the Navy Cross for bravery at Pearl Harbor?
A
Hector P. Garcia
B
Dorie Miller
C
Katherine Anne Porter
D
Audie Murphy
7) Which of the following was a famous invasion when Allied troops attacked France to drive out the Germans?
A
Cold War
B
GI Bill
C
D-Day
D
Pearl Harbor
8) Which of the following was a Texan who was the most decorated American soldier of World War II?
A
Katherine Anne Porter
B
Audie Murphy
C
Ross Sterling
D
Dwight Eisenhower
9) Which of the following was the founder of the American GI Forum to fight racial discrimination?
A
Ross Sterling
B
Hector P. Garcia
C
Lulu Bells Madison White
D
Katherine Anne Porter
10) Which of the following was a Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote short stories about Texas?
A
Ross Sterling
B
Katherine Anne Porter
C
Lulu Bells Madison White
D
James Farmer
11) The United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
A
true
B
false
12) The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland.
A
true
B
false
13) Texas-born general Dwight Eisenhower commanded all Allied forces in Europe during World War II.
A
false
B
true
14) The Texas economy declined sharply during the war, but boomed in the late 1940s.
A
false
B
true
15) In the 1950s Texans showed nonviolent resistance by protesting and boycotting businesses that banned African Americans.
A
false
B
true
16) The Cold War brought business to the Texas aerospace industry.
A
false
B
true
17) The GI Bill of Rights made sure that every returning veteran could vote.
A
false
B
true
18) Texas's legal victory in the tidelands dispute has brought millions of dollars to the Permanent School Fund.
A
false
B
true
19) Despite Brown v. Board of Education, the Texas legislature continued to resist desegregation of public schools.
A
false
B
true
20) Between 1940 and 1950, the Texas population increased by 20 percent.
A
false
B
true
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