Hispanic Heritage Flashcards Part 2

Front

Name one Texas professional football team that has hired a Latino quarterback.

Back

Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans

Front

Name the San Antonio born boxer who became the WBC super featherweight champion in 1994.

Back

Jesse James Leija

Front

Name the husband and wife songwriters who wrote “Let it Go” and “Remember Me.”

Back

Robert and Kristen Lopez

Front

Name the first Latina president of the American Health Association.

Back

Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias

Front

Name the Spanish American physician known for his work with radioactive nuclei.

Back

Luis Alvarez

Front

Who was the first Mexican born citizen to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Back

Mario Molina

Front

Around what river was the city of Fort Worth built?

Back

Trinity River

Front

After the Civil War, Texans would drive their cattle to auction on trails. Name the chief cattle trail running through Fort Worth.

Back

Chisholm Trail

Front

What condition in the early 1900s in Mexico spurred a mass exodus of Mexicans citizens to the United States?

Back

Violence of the Mexican Revolution

Front

In what year did the United State census for Fort Worth record the first Mexicans citizens?

Back

1880