This U.S. President created the "Great Society" program as a war on poverty with education as its cornerstone.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
100
He served two terms as President and is son to another President.
Who is President George W. Bush?
100
A person who believes government assistance weakens people's ability to do things for themselves.
What is a conservative?
100
This Supreme Court case resulted in all public schools being integrated.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
100
This time period was defined by state employees signing loyalty oaths, the fear of communism, and conservatives criticizing government welfare programs.
What is the "Red Scare"?
200
He won an Academy Award for his 1962 screenplay "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Who is Horton Foote?
200
He served one term as President while his son served two terms.
Who is President George H.W. Bush?
200
A person who has political beliefs that are described as "middle of the road".
What is a moderate?
200
This Act was signed into law by President Johnson. It integrated police departments, juries, schools, public facilities, and strengthened employment opportunities for minorities in businesses.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
200
This event caused Lyndon B. Johnson to become President of the U.S. in 1963.
What is the JFK assassination?
300
This Texas Republican Party leader served as Chief of Staff, Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan and later served as Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush.
Who is James A. Baker, III?
300
This popular author from San Antonio wrote children's books.
Who is Diane Gonzalez Bertrand?
300
A person who is not strict in observance of traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs.
What is a liberal?
300
This Act ended all literacy tests required for black men to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
300
Raymond Telles, Raul Gonzalez, and Henry Gonzales all have this in common.
Who are the first Mexican-Americans elected or appointed to state or federal offices.
400
This African American civil rights activist founded Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Who is James Farmer?
400
This African-American leader was a Civil Rights activist in the 1940s and 1950s that campaigned against Jim Crow laws.
Who is Lulu Belle Madison White?
400
This occurred when all public schools were required to end racial segregation by integration.
What is desegregation?
400
This Supreme Court passed many judgments in favor of ending discrimination against minorities.
What is the Warren Court?
400
This new political party caused a power shift towards the Republican Party in Texas in the 1940s and early 1950s.
What are the Dixiecrats?
500
She became the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to U.S. Congress.
Who is Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison?
500
This African-American leader was elected to the Texas Senate and later to the U.S. Congress. She distinguished herself in the Watergate scandal.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
500
These nonviolent forms of protest were encouraged by Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Farmer of CORE.
What are boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides?
500
This Era was defined by social change and racial equality.