Vocabulary
form of protest in which activists sit down inside or in front of a business, thus interfering with the business's normal work
What is a sit-in?
worldwide organization of oil-producing countries
What is OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum-Exporting Countries)?
First woman to work in Texas as a pediatric surgeon
Who is Benjy Frances Brooks?
Supreme Court ruling that forced schools across the country to begin to integrate racially
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
In 1948, the national Republican Party officially voiced support for several civil rights measures including an end to segregation in the armed forces and a law banning lynching.
What is FALSE? (Democratic Party)
the process of changing, or redrawing, legislative district lines to reflect changes in population
What is redistricting?
Organization that sought equal opportunities in employment and education for women
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)?
astronaut who flew on several space shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station
Who is Shannon Walker?
this city hosted the HemisFair '68, which marked the 250th anniversary of the city's founding
What is San Antonio?
Beginning in the 1970s, thousands of South Vietnamese refugees moved to Texas, where they found the climate and geography along the Gulf of Mexico similar to that of their homeland.
What is TRUE?
a restriction or ban on the sale of a good to another country
What is an embargo?
What is the American G.I. Forum of Texas?
first African American woman elected to the Texas state senate
Who is Barbara Jordan?
this country launched the world's first artificial satellite in 1957, spurring the United States to develop its own space program
What is the Soviet Union?
The result of "One person, one vote" was that large population areas gained representatives in the legislature.
What is TRUE?
to refuse to buy of use particular goods or services as a form of protest
Great Society program designed to give poor children a chance to start school on even footing with other children
What is Head Start?
Who is Lulu Belle Madison White?
President Lyndon B. Johnson's plan for social and economic reforms
What was the Great Society?
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial asteroid, Sputnik, spurring the United States on to developing its own space program.
What is FALSE? (satellite)
the publishing of statements known to be false about someone in order to damage his or her reputation
What is libel?
group founded by James L. Farmer, Jr., that used nonviolent protest to win access to public facilities for African Americans
What is CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)?
Who is Irma Rangel?
this invention by Jack Kilby led to the creation of personal computers, digital watches, and many other devices
What is the integrated silicon circuit?
President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the New Deal, a liberal program of change meant to improve the lives of Americans.
What is FALSE? (Great Society)