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Texas wanted control of the tidelands off the Gulf of Mexico, but the federal government refused to give up control of the _____________ and the oil revenue it generated
land
People began moving to ________________ areas, or planned communities outside of a city
suburban
World War II helped end the Great Depression, and the _______________ continued to grow after the war
economy
Texas became more ______________ as industries like aircraft and ship manufacturing, oil refineries, and electronic firms expanded during the 1940s and 50s
urbanized
Following Reconstruction, Texas had typically voted Democratic, but _______________ presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower met with the Texas governor and promised Texas control of the tidelands in exchange for its support
Republican
With the help of Texas, Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election and gave Texas control of the tidelands; this resulted in stronger competition between Democrats and Republicans in _______________ __________________
Texas politics
The Cold War began because the United States opposed the threat of _______________ spreading worldwide after World War II
communism
While the International Space Station (ISS) is a collaborative project between five different space agencies, _______________ NASA houses the station's mission control and contributes to the city's economy
Houston's
The United States and the Soviet Union were in an ________ ___________ after the atomic bomb was dropped in World War II; both began developing more powerful weapons, and the United States began investing in math and science education
arms race
Following World War II, President Truman desegregated the military with ______________ _____________ __________, which helped launch the civil rights movement
Executive Order 9981
In 1961, __________ _________ stood before a large crowd at Rice University near Houston and promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
President Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP argued that there was no equality in segregated schools, and the Supreme Court agreed: _____________ _____ _______________ ____ ______________________ ruled in favor of the NAACP and required schools across the United States to integrate, but Texas was slow to comply with the ruling
Brown v. Board of Education