TX Unit 11: Civil Rights And Space Race Question Preview (ID: 59211)


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Which law passed during Johnson’s administration made it illegal to charge a fee or make people take a literacy test in order to vote?
a) Economic Opportunity Act
b) Volunteers in Service to America
c) Elementary and Secondary Education Act
d) Voting Rights Act

Which statement best summarizes the contributions of Barbara Jordan?
a) Jordan was the first African American elected to the Houston school board.
b) Jordan was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate and later to the U.S. House of Representatives.
c) Jordan was the country commissioner for Travis County.
d) Jordan was the leading fundraiser for the NAACP.

This organization encouraged Mexican Americans and Latinos to honor their heritage and to vote to increase their rights?
a) American G.I. Forum
b) NAACP
c) LULAC
d) National Organization for Women

Dr. Hector P. Garcia became a doctor after he graduated from what university?
a) Texas AM University
b) Baylor College of Medicine
c) University of Texas Medical School
d) Harvard Law School

What does I.B.M. stand for?
a) Independent Binary Math
b) International Business Machine
c) Invented By Me
d) Invents Better Math

I became the 36th President of the United States after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas
a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) Jimmy Carter

Which court ruled that “separate but equal” was not acceptable and schools would be open to all races?
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Smith v. Allwright
c) Sweatt v. Painter
d) Brown v. Board of Education

Which Act passed during Johnson’s “Great Society” offered grants and money to school districts with low income students?
a) Economic Opportunity Act
b) Volunteers in Service to America
c) Elementary and Secondary Education Act
d) Voting Rights Act

I was the first Mexican American from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
a) Henry B. Gonzales
b) Hector P. Garcia
c) Raul A. Gonzalez
d) Ramsey Muniz

Which court case said that facilities can be separate as long as they are equal?
a) Sweatt v. Painter
b) Smith v. Allwright
c) Plessy v. Ferguson
d) Brown v. Board of Education

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