Women
She was the commander of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during WWII.
Who is Oveta Culp Hobby?
As governor, he became known for prosecuting Ku Klux Klan members for violent crimes.
Who is Dan Moody?
This was a group formed by Dr. Hector P. Garcia to fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans
What is the American G.I. Forum of Texas?
A form of protest in which activists occupy a segregated business, interfering with the business's normal work
What is a sit-in?
This term means to refuse to buy or use particular goods or services as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
She trained pilots, flew fundraising tours, and drove an ambulance in France during World War I
Who is Katherine Stinson?
He was the most highly decorated sailor during World War II; sank 16 Japanese warships.
Who is Samuel Dealy?
These people support women’s right to vote.
Who are suffragists?
This was the first African American elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
This is a a person who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country.
What is a refugee?
She was elected as state superintendent of education, becoming the first woman to hold statewide office in Texas
Who is Annie Webb Blanton?
He was the most decorated soldier of World War II
Who is Audie Murphy?
This person challenged “white primary” laws in the Supreme Court during the late twenties and thirties.
Who is Dr. Lawrence Nixon?
This is a group that used nonviolent protest to win access to public facilities for African Americans.
What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
This is an open water storage area used to meet the water needs of one or more communities.
What is a reservoir?
She was the first woman to be elected governor of Texas.
Who is Miriam “Ma” Ferguson?
He led the forest conservation movement in Texas.
Who is W. Goodrich Jones?
This was a Tejano who was one of the 33 Texans to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during WWII
Who is Macario Garcia?
This is the political party founded by MAYO.
What is La Raza Unida?
This is a period of fear and pursuit of suspected Communists
What is the Red Scare?
She was one of the first Tejano women to earn a college degree. She worked to preserve Texas historical treasures.
Who is Adina Emilia De Zavala?
He founded the African American newspaper called the Texas Freeman.
Who is Charles N. Love?
This person organized the Texas Equal Rights Association.
Who is Rebecca Henry Hayes?
This supreme court decision resulted in the racial integration of Texas’s colleges.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
This is a large, outdoor facility used to raise cattle.
What is a feedlot?