A Texas President
Under Johnson’s Great Society program, Congress passed laws establishing ______ _______ for older and disabled Americans.
What is health care ?
Protests that involve sitting down in a location such as a public facility and refusing to leave
What is sit-ins?
The Soviet satellite known as ____________ was launched in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
In 1972 the length of the Texas governor’s term in office was changed from two years to _____.
What is four years?
The aerospace industry in Texas flourished because of _______.
What is tax breaks for manufacturers?
______and _____ immigration contributed significantly to the growth of Texas during the 1960s and 1970s.
What is Hispanic and Asain ?
Bus rides through the South taken by civil rights activists.
What is Freedom Rides?
By 1965 ___________________ Corporation was the number one weapons exporter in the United States.
What is General Dynamics?
Austin was part of a new trend of growth in the South and Southwest, known as the _____.
What is the Sunbelt?
The aerospace industry in Texas flourished because of
What is the availability of good jobs and a good quality of life?
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on ___________, 1963, in Dallas.
What is November 22, 1963?
Place where Martin Luther King Jr. and thousands of Americans marched in 1963.
What is Washington, D.C.?
In 1964 Texas doctor _________________ performed the first arterial bypass operation to repair a damaged heart.
Who is Michael DeBakey?
The political party that grew in Texas during the 1970s was _______.
What is the Republican Party?
President Lyndon Johnson decided not to run for re-election in 1968 because ___________.
What is increasing opposition to the war had sharply divided the country.
Under Johnson’s ______________ program, Congress passed laws establishing health care for older and disabled Americans.
What is the Great Society?
__________ _______ Act of 1964 banned segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Texas doctor ________________ performed the first heart transplant in 1968.
Who is Denton Cooley?
Who was the first Republican to be elected governor of Texas since 1874?
Who is William Clements?
President Johnson started the _________________ program to provide early childhood education and nutrition information to low-income students and their families.
What is Head Start?
A decision passed by Congress that gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to send troops to fight against North Vietnam
What is Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
political party created in 1970 by Hispanic leaders that hoped to highlight issues affecting Hispanics and to elect more Hispanics to political office
What is the La Raza Unida Party
(NASA) program created in 1958 to take charge of the U.S. space program and work toward U.S. space goals
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A publicized event in which officials are brought to shame for wrongdoing.
What is a scandal?
Founder and later director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Who is James Farmer?