Key Figures
This activist served as the President of the Houston NAACP and worked to educate Black citizens on voting rights.
Who is Lulu Belle Madison White
The United States increased its spending on science and technology specifically because of this 1957 event.
What was the launch of Sputnik
President Lyndon B. Johnson is credited with helping pass this massive set of social reform legislation.
What is the Great Society
This landmark Supreme Court ruling led to the integration of public school classrooms.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This controversy over offshore oil rights created stronger competition between political parties in Texas.
What is the Tidelands Controversy
This Texan founded the American GI Forum to protect the rights of Mexican American veterans.
Who is Hector P. García
In a famous speech at Rice University, President Kennedy set a goal to put a man on the moon by this year.
What is 1970
This specific federal program was created to provide health insurance for senior citizens.
What is Medicare
This court case specifically granted minorities access to public universities.
What is Sweatt v. Painter
This Mexican American artist is known for using bold colors to honor his Native American culture.
Who is Amado Peña, Jr.
She was the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate and later served in the U.S. Congress.
Who is Barbara Jordan
This member of the first Apollo mission to carry a crew into space was a prominent Texan.
Who is Walter Cunningham
This 1964 act was passed by Congress as a direct response to the movement spurred by MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This organization fought for desegregation and the rights of Mexican American farm workers.
What is LULAC
When LBJ became Vice President, his Senate seat was filled by a member of this party for the first time since Reconstruction.
What is the Republican Party
This leader founded the Congress on Racial Equity (CORE) and was a major proponent of nonviolent protest.
Who is James L. Farmer, Jr.
After WWII, Texas companies shifted their production focus from aircraft to manufacturing these two items.
What are rockets and missiles
This federal program was established to provide affordable housing to Americans.
What is HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
This case was instrumental in ending segregation within Texas public schools.
What is Hernandez v. Driscoll CISD
She made history as the first Texas woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison
He made history as the first Mexican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Henry B. González
Aside from curiosity, the Space Race was primarily fueled by tension between the U.S. and this nation.
What is the Soviet Union
These two specific reforms were passed during the Civil Rights era to specifically impact and improve the lives of women.
What are Title IX and the Texas Equal Rights Amendment
This was the primary "cause" that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is discrimination against potential employees based on race or color
This era in Texas history includes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and "freedom rides".
What is the Civil Rights era