Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 1 Question Preview (ID: 59164)


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Which of the following was the founder of the American GI Forum to fight racial discrimination?
a) Katherine Anne Porter
b) Lulu Bells Madison White
c) Hector P. Garcia
d) Ross Sterling

Which of the following was a Texan who was the most decorated American soldier of World War II?
a) Ross Sterling
b) Katherine Anne Porter
c) Audie Murphy
d) Dwight Eisenhower

Which of the following was a famous invasion when Allied troops attacked France to drive out the Germans?
a) Pearl Harbor
b) D-Day
c) GI Bill
d) Cold War

Which of the following was an African American from Waco who received the Navy Cross for bravery at Pearl Harbor?
a) Katherine Anne Porter
b) Hector P. Garcia
c) Audie Murphy
d) Dorie Miller

Which of the following was a Texan who commanded the Pacific Fleet in World War II?
a) Ross Sterling
b) Chester W. Nimitz
c) Lulu Bells Madison White
d) Hector P. Garcia

Which of the following was an African American who sued and won the right to attend the University of Texas School of Law?
a) Audie Murphy
b) Chester Nimitz
c) Heman Sweatt
d) Katherine Anne Porter

Which of the following was a governor who made education a priority and signed laws that created the Texas Education Agency?
a) Dorie Miller
b) Audie Murphy
c) Chester W. Nimitz
d) Beauford Jester

Which of the following was a governor who defended Texas's ownership of its tidelands?
a) Allan Shivers
b) Beauford Jester
c) Heman Sweatt
d) Hector P. Garcia

Which of the following was a commander of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps?
a) Lulu Bells Madison White
b) Katherine Anne Porter
c) Oveta Culp Hobby
d) Chester W. Nimitz

Which of the following was a Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote short stories about Texas?
a) Lulu Bells Madison White
b) Ross Sterling
c) James Farmer
d) Katherine Anne Porter

The United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Texas-born general Dwight Eisenhower commanded all Allied forces in Europe during World War II.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Texas economy declined sharply during the war, but boomed in the late 1940s.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

In the 1950s Texans showed nonviolent resistance by protesting and boycotting businesses that banned African Americans.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Cold War brought business to the Texas aerospace industry.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The GI Bill of Rights made sure that every returning veteran could vote.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Texas's legal victory in the tidelands dispute has brought millions of dollars to the Permanent School Fund.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Despite Brown v. Board of Education, the Texas legislature continued to resist desegregation of public schools.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Between 1940 and 1950, the Texas population increased by 20 percent.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

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