World’s largest aviation training center
during World War II
Where/What is San Antonio?
commander of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Who is Oveta Culp Hobby?
The first Texas ______ radio station was WBAP-TV in Fort Worth.
What is a radio?
The military need for rockets contributed to Texas'________________ industry, which manufactured airplanes and missiles
What is aerospace?
What do we call the small vegetable gardens grown by Americans during World War II?
What is a victory garden?
Underwater lands bordering the coast that are covered with water during high tide.
Where is the Gulf of Mexico?
Famous invasion when Allied troops attacked France to drive out the Germans
What is D-Day?
Love Field in Dallas became one of the nation’s busiest ___________.
What is an airport?
Alabama pastor called for nonviolent resistance to achieve civil rights?
Who is Martin Luther King
Which of the following Supreme Court cases struck down the white primary system?
Who is Smith v. Allwright
New tensions arose in 1950 when Communist forces from North Korea invaded ___________.
Where is South Korea?
African American from Waco who received the Navy Cross for bravery at Pearl Harbor,
Who is Dorie Miller?
To stop the practice of separating people by race.
What is desegregation?
In 1944 the U.S. Congress passed the _____________ which provided veterans with loans and money to attend college.
What is the G.I. Bill of Rights?
In what year did the U.S. government require the military to begin desegregation?
What is 1948?
By 1955_____ led the United States in the production of helium, oil, petrochemicals, and sulfur.
Where is Texas?
Texan who was the most decorated American soldier of World War II
Who is Audie Murphy?
Government organization developed during the 1940s that sets school standards and approves textbooks.
What is the Texas Education Agency?
Hector P. García founded the American GI Forum to protect the rights of __________.
What is Mexican Americans?
The tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union came to be known as the ___________ because there was no actual fighting between them.
What is the Cold War?
Between 1940 and 1950 _________became the fastest-growing urban area in the United States.
Where is Houston Texas?
Texan who commanded the Pacific Fleet in World War II
Who is Chester W. Nimitz?
Protesters often use ________________ as a peaceful means to achieve their goals.
What is a non-violent protest?
Under the guidance of Governor _________, Texas paid off its debt.
Who is Coker R. Stephens?
_________________, who had been elected president in 1952, helped bring about peace in the Korean War.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?