niger
1st female pediatric surgeon in Texas
Benjy Brooks
How did Texans prepare for droughts?
Build reservoirs (lakes)
How did farmers feed their cattle during the drought of the 1950s?
fed them prickly pear cactus which held water
made Houston a center for technology
Michael Dell
1st African American woman in TEXAS Senate
Barbara Jordan
Which happened during the Civil Rights era?
Confederate forces surrendered at Appomatox.
Santa Anna massacred defenders at the Alamo.
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act 1965
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act 1965
Benefit of Free Enterprise? CHOOSE 2
Government control over business.
Individuals enjoy freedom of making economic choices.
Limited consumer choices due to no competition
People have the right to own property and use it as they wish.
Fixed prices set by the government for fairness.
Individuals enjoy freedom of making economic choices.
People have the right to own property and use it as they wish.
Choose the one that had the biggest influence on the Space Race:
Oveta Culp Hobby Walter Cunningham
Lyndon Johnson James Baker
Walter Cunningham
Competition-supply and demand
Private owners seek profit
Entrepeneurs
WHICH ECONOMIC SYSTEM?
1st woman in US SENATE
Kay Bailey Huchison
Who was chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan?
James Baker
Which happened during the Civil Rights era?
Slaves learned they were free on June 19th.
Martin Luther King, Jr led protests against segregation.
Mexican Americans were deported due to nativist policies.
Martin Luther King, Jr led protests against segregation.
1st Hispanic American member of the San Antonio City Council and member of the Texas Senate
Henry Gonzales
pilot on a trip to the Moon
Apollo 7
physicist
Walter Cunnigham
Who was 1st Mexican American mayor of a city in the US (EL PASO)
Raymond Telles
Texan who founded a huge computer company which sold directly to consumers
Michael Dell
1st African American woman in the US House of Representatives and
1st African American woman in the Texas Senate
Barbara Jordan
WHY did the US Supreme Court rule that the University of Texas had to let Heeman Sweatt enroll?
The other law school for blacks was not good
First Hispanic member of the Texas Supreme Court
Raul Gonzales
which period of Texas History had an increase in the Equal Rights and Civil Rights movement
Civil Rights and Conservatism
removed blood clots
Denton Cooley
1st heart transplant
Michael DeBakey
heart surgeons
invented the diamond drill bit
Howard Hughes Sr
which amendment was used to stop segregation of races?
14th amendment