Unit 11: Progressivism and Civil Rights Test

Front

What group formed by Dr. Hector P. Garcia to fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans?

Back

American G.I. Forum of Texas

Front

What group founded by James L. Farmer, Jr., used nonviolent protest to win access to public facilities for African Americans?

Back

CORE

Front

How did the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 affect Texas’s oil industry?

Back

It raised oil prices, providing a boost to Texas’s oil industry

Front

What country launched the world’s first artificial satellite in 1957, spurring the United States to develop its own space program?

Back

the Soviet Union

Front

What invention by Jack Kilby led to the creation of personal computers, digital watches, and many other devices?

Back

integrated silicon circuit

Front

What positive economic effects did the Cold War have on Texas?

Back

It provided a boost to the state's defense industries.

Front

What was the bitter dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union in the period following World War II called?

Back

the Cold War

Front

What was President Johnson’s effort to better peoples’ living conditions called?

Back

“war on poverty”

Front

Why were tidelands an important issue for Texan voters during the 1952 presidential election?

Back

Oil and gas deposits had recently been discovered in some Texan tidelands.

Front

What did President Dwight Eisenhower’s Highway Act of 1956 do?

Back

It provided $25 billion to the states to help them build new highways.