Terms I
demobilization
Underwater lands bordering the coast
tidelands
A popular Texas author and folklorist
Frank Dobie
Blend of traditional German, Czech, and Mexican music elements
conjunto music
Programs created by President Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression
New Deal
The federal program that provides payments to retired or disabled citizens
Social Security
Name of the laws created to restrict the rights of African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
Texas governor who worked to bring New Deal programs to Texas
James V. Allred
Form, or type of music with sad words that described difficulties of life
Law under which veterans could receive money to attend college
GI Bill of Rights
One-hundredth anniversary
centennial
FALSE
Texas Representative who spent many years serving as Speaker of the House
Sam Rayburn
Which groups were targeted by the Klan in the 1920s?
African Americans, Jews, and Roman Catholics
For whom did LULAC want equal rights?
Mexican Americans
Small vegetable gardens planted on the home front during WWII
victory gardens
Texas governor who OPPOSED government relief programs
Ross Sterling
Why did employment opportunities for women increase during World War II?
Because so many men had enlisted in the armed forces
The Texas Education Agency
to stop the practice of separating people by race
desegregate
First female governor of Texas
Miriam "Ma" Ferguson
What new form of communication and entertainment came to Texas in the late 1940s that is still in use today?
Television
What federal law passed in 1944 gave veterans funds to attend college?
The GI Bill of Rights