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100
To limit use of food or goods to ensure an adequate supply for soldiers is to do this.
What is ration?
100
Water fountains, buses, and theaters were all examples of public places where this occurred due to Jim Crow laws.
What is segregation?
100
The word “urban” refers to
What is city life and society?
100
The state legislature passed the Terrell Election Law in order to do this.
What is ensure the fairness of elections?
100
Explain how the end of World War I influenced cotton farming and urbanization.
Cotton prices which had been high during the war, encouraging farmers to increase production, dropped rapidly after the war. Farmers had to rent their land as sharecroppers or tenant farmers. Families had fewer children as many moved to cities seeking better jobs and better education. Technologies such as electricity and cars made life in the city easier.
200
Texas women helped the war effort during World War I primarily by taking this type of job that men vacated.
What is factory worker?
200
The chief targets of the Ku Klux Klan were these three groups
What are African Americans, Jews, and Catholics?
200
He was President of the United States during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
In order to rebuild in 1900, Galveston set up a government with this.
What is a five member commission?
200
How did World War I change the lives of the soldiers who fought in it?
Some received dental care for the first time. Many received education and training. Most traveled outside the U.S. for the first time. Many returned disillusioned with the world due to the horrors of war. African American soldiers desired more equality at home due to the better treatment they had received abroad.
300
A slogan on posters seen in Texas during World War I was
What is "Do Your Bit"?
300
The greatest political success of the Klan came when this man was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Earle Mayfield?
300
She was elected superintendent of public instruction for the state of Texas and raised tax dollars for public education.
Who is Annie Webb Blanton?
300
In 1917, this happened to Governor Ferguson.
What is impeachment?
300
What kinds of prejudice did African Americans and Mexican Americans experience in Texas in the early 20th century?
Both groups were victims of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation. The poll tax and threats of violence made it nearly impossible for African Americans and Mexican Americans to participate in politics. African Americans were forced to attend segregated schools, which were often poorly equipped. African American teachers received lower pay than did white teachers. Jim Crow laws required segregation of public facilities.
400
This woman trained male pilots and drove an ambulance during WWI.
Who is Katherine Stinson?
400
The KKK used violent tactics to intimidate their targets including this, which means to execute without due process.
What is lynching?
400
The Women's Joint Legislative Council, or Petticoat Lobby, supported the passage of laws that provided more money for education, provided care for expectant mothers and their children, and this.
What is registered births?
400
She was one of the leaders of a crusade to protect the Alamo.
Who is Adina de Zavala?
500
Texas supplied these three products for the war effort.
What are cotton/wool, leather, and meat/grain?
500
The election of this man as Texas governor showed that Texans rejected Klan violence.
Who is Dan Moody?
500
The first radio broadcast in the state of Texas came from here.
What are the science departments at three Texas universities?
500
First woman elected to the Texas Senate and helped pass a law that provided money to help disabled people find jobs.
Who is Margie Neal?
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