Eras Tour
Which era are these words associated with?
-- The New Deal
-- Franklin D Roosevelt
-- Breadlines
-- The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression & World War II
An African American, was refused admission to the University of Texas Law School. The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate" law school created for him was not "equal" in quality, forcing the integration of UT's graduate programs.
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
I was the son of a Comanche chief and a white captive (Cynthia Ann Parker), and I became the last great Chief of the Comanches.
Quanah Parker
This invention by Joseph Glidden effectively ended the "Open Range" era in Texas.
Barbed Wire
This 1929 event in New York City is often cited as the official start of the Great Depression.
The Stock Market Crash
Which era are these words associated with?
-- James Hogg
-- Land Grants
-- Transcontinental
-- Junction
Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
This 1965 law, signed by a Texan President, ended discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
I was a member of the elite African American cavalry regiments that served on the Texas frontier after the Civil War.
Buffalo Soldiers
This animal’s near-extinction was a major factor in the defeat of the Plains Indians and their move to reservations.
Buffalo (Bison)
This nickname was given to the massive, dark dust storms that swept across the Texas Panhandle during the 1930s.
Which era are these words associated with?
-- Ft. Sumter
-- Gettysburg
-- Robert E Lee
-- Emancipation Proclamation
Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction
This civil rights leader from Marshall, Texas, was a co-founder of CORE and a pioneer of the "Freedom Rides".
James L Farmer Jr
I was a Houstonian who organized and commanded the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.
Oveta Culp Hobby
This geographic feature of the Texas Panhandle and North Texas provided the flat, grassy land necessary for the massive cattle ranches of the late 1800s.
The Great Plains
This set of federal programs, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was designed to provide "Relief, Recovery, and Reform" to Texans during the Depression.
The New Deal
Which era are these words associated with?
-- Spindletop
-- Boom & Bust
-- Petrochemicals
-- Beaumont Texas, 1901
Age of Reform & Age of Oil
He was the first Republican Governor of Texas since Reconstruction, elected in 1978.
Bill Clements
I was a Mexican American physician and WWII veteran who founded the American G.I. Forum to protect the rights of Hispanic veterans.
Hector P. Garcia
The expansion of this technology meant that cotton and cattle could be shipped across the country in days rather than months, leading to the end of the long cattle drives.
Railroad
Poor farming techniques and a severe, long-term lack of rainfall (known by this 7-letter word) caused the Dust Bowl.
Drought
Which era are these words associated with?
-- GI Forum
-- Segregation
-- NAACP
-- Barbara Jordan
Civil Rights and Conservatism
This Texan President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Lyndon B Johnson
I was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement from Marshall, Texas, and I organized the "Freedom Rides" of 1961.
James L. Farmer Jr
This economic system trapped many former slaves and poor whites in a cycle of debt by having them rent land in exchange for a portion of their crops.
Sharecropping
This term refers to the "over-farming" of Texas land, which removed the natural grasses and helped lead to the Dust Bowl.
Over plowing