Individuals
This World War II veteran founded the G.I. Forum to help minority veterans obtain benefits such as health care, housing, and education
Hector P. Garcia
These were state and local laws that mandated segregation of all public facilities in all southern states of the former Confederacy
Jim Crow Laws
He signed this legislation in to law in 1964. It made it illegal for public places to discriminate against people on the basis of race
Civil Rights Act
He was elected President of the United States in 2004
George W. Bush
This issue caused the most tension between the Democratic and Republican Parties during the 1950s and 1960s
The Civil Rights Movement
The first African-American elected to the Texas State Senate since Reconstruction. She then went on to be the first African-American woman from a southern state to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Barbara Jordan
In 1904 Texas passed a low that required voters to pay in order to vote.
Poll Tax
What major war was being fought during Johnson's presidency
The Vietnam War
Heman Sweatt filed a desegregation case against which law school
The University of Texas Law School
This Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown V. Board of Education
She was the second female Governor of Texas
Ann Richards
Protesting without the use of physical force
Non-Violent
The goals of this spending program was to eliminate poverty, provide education for all and to end racial discrimination.
The Great Society
This political party supported the Civil Rights Movement
The Democratic Party
A Civil Rights group created by Mexican-Americans in 1929 to fight for their rights and desegregation
LULAC
He was the first Mexican American to be elected major of El Paso, Texas.
Raymond Telles
Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
Segregation
This federal legislation signed by President Johnson in 1965, prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Voting Rights Act
pay your taxes, serve on jury duty, and obey the law
Civic Responsibilities
This principal of government allows for demonstrating and protesting
Individual Rights
This Texas Governor ignored the court's decision and sent Texas Rangers to schools in Mansfield to keep African Americans students out.
Allen Shivers
A political and social philosophy that promotes traditional institutions with limited changes
Conservatism
Lyndon B. Johnson became president after the assassination of which president
John F. Kennedy
This organization was a powerful voice to African Americans Civil Rights
NAACP
What does acronym LULAC stands for?
What does the acronym NAACP stands for?
(Must get both correct to get the points)
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Association for the Advance of Colored People