Texas History - Unit 9 - Review Game 2 Question Preview (ID: 59165)
The Modern Era.
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The struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union was called the Cold War because ...
a) the two countries refused to speak to each other.
b) there was no actual fighting.
c) it began in the winter of 1947.
d) military requirements made home heating fuel scarce in the late 1940s.
Employment opportunities for women increased during the war because ...
a) so many men had gone off to war.
b) government programs did not allow discrimination by employers.
c) they were willing to work for lower wages.
d) they were better at doing tasks that required concentration.
University enrollment grew dramatically after the war because of ...
a) the GI Bill and other veteran's benefits programs.
b) employer demands that all new employees have a degree.
c) what veterans had learned about education in other countries.
d) the requirements of life in the cities.
Segregation of Hispanic children in Texas schools ended after ...
a) the boycott of public schools by their parents.
b) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it illegal in 1948.
c) Governor Allan Shivers issued an executive order in 1953.
d) the GI Forum won a lawsuit in 1957.
The depression came to an end in Texas because of ...
a) the boom in oil prices in 1942.
b) thousands of jobs created by the defense industry.
c) the tax cuts of 1940.
d) social programs designed to stimulate the economy.
Which of the following was an act of Congress that gave authority for President Johnson to send troops into combat in Vietnam?
a) Chicano movement
b) Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c) Economic Opportunity Act
d) War Powers Act
Which of the following was the founder and later director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
a) Henry B. Gonzalez
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Michael DeBakey
d) James Farmer
Which of the following was a program launched by President Johnson for sweeping reforms to improve the lives of Texans?
a) Economic Opportunity Act
b) Great Society
c) sit-ins
d) La Raza Unida Party
Which of the following was a Texan who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 37 years?
a) Henry B. Gonzalez
b) Cesar Chaves
c) Lyndon B. Johnson
d) Michael DeBakey
Which of the following were actions by Hispanics in the 1960s for political change and an end to discrimination?
a) La Raza Unida Party
b) War Powers Act
c) Chicano movement
d) Economic Opportunity Act
Which of the following was a Texan who became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination?
a) Cesar Chavez
b) Michael DeBakey
c) Lyndon B. Johnson
d) Barbara Jordan
Which of the following means protests that involve refusing to leave a location?
a) boycotts
b) strikes
c) sit-ins
d) segregation
Which of the following was Great Society legislation that funded job training and community action programs?
a) Economic Opportunity Act
b) War Powers Act
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) American GI Forum
Which of the following was a political organization formed in 1970 to focus on Hispanic issues and elect Hispanics to office?
a) American GI Forum
b) University of Texas School of Law
c) La Raza Unida Party
d) Democratic Party
Which of the following was a surgeon who performed the first arterial bypass operation?
a) Michael DeBakey
b) Cesar Chaves
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Lyndon B. Johnson
The Great Society was actually begun by John F Kennedy.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Lyndon Johnson was a strong supporter of the New Deal.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
More than 2,100 Texans were killed in the Vietnam war.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Sit-ins were a form of nonviolent protest against buses.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
a) true
b) false
c)
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