Texas Politics (1940-Today)
By the 1990s and into the first decades of the 2000s, this major political party has largely dominated Texas politics/government
Republican Party
Arrested for refusing to giver up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
Immediately prior to becoming Vice President of the United States, Johnson was serving in this chamber of Congress as its Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
This form of government and economic system, in which the government owns all property and modes and means of production, severely restricts people’s freedoms, liberties, and rights
Communism
Leader and dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII, once the war was over he sought to spread communism throughout the world
Joseph Stalin
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President on board Air Force One after President Kennedy had been assassinated in this Texas city
Dallas
This Texan, who was originally from Massachusetts and had served as a pilot in the Navy during WWII, was elected President of the United States in 1988 (he’d serve one term)
George H.W. Bush
Many African American and Mexican American WWII veterans in Texas were denied these benefits, which include tuition and mortgage assistance, as well as healthcare, because of their race
GI benefits
(Government Issue)
President Johnson launched a program of reforms intended to improve the lives of all Americans which was known as this
The “Great Society”
An effect of the Cold War on Americans was this “scare”, which stemmed from fears that those who were communist or had ties to the Soviet Union were spies
“Red Scare”
There were several conflicts during the Cold War including this war, which occurred between 1950 and 1953 on the Korean Peninsula in Asia
Korean War
In the wake of Rosa Parks arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, local civil rights leaders organized a boycott of city buses known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott – the city of Montgomery is located in this Southern state
Alabama
While serving as the Governor of Texas in 2000, he’d become the third Texan to be elected President of the United States
George W. Bush
Lulu Belle Madison White served as the head of the Houston chapter of this organization during the 1940s, and helped to significantly grow the number of registered African American voters in Texas
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed this into law which banned segregation in all public facilities and outlawed discrimination based on race in the workplace
Civil Rights Act of 1964
After WWII ended, Europe was split into an Eastern Bloc of nations with communist governments and a Western Bloc of nations with democratic forms of government – the division between Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc nations was known as this, a term first used by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
“Iron Curtain”
This massive multi-billion dollar program was an effort by the U.S. to help Western Europe rebuild and recover after WWII – it was designed by the then U.S. Secretary of State
The Marshall Plan
This major Texas city, one of the state’s most populous, is home to NASA’s mission control center
Houston
By the time George W. Bush left the governor’s office in 2000 (after winning the presidential election), this individual, who was serving as lieutenant governor, assumed the governorship – he’d eventually become the state’s longest serving governor from 2000 to 2015
Rick Perry
One of the most prominent Americans in U.S. history, he was a civil rights leader who advocated non-violent forms of activism and protest
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
Partially in response to “Bloody Sunday”, President Johnson signed this into law on August 6, 1965, which specifically targeted and banned discriminatory practices that had been aimed at restricting African Americans right to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A political ideology that typically supports lower taxes, limiting government spending, a strong military, and gradual (vs rapid) change is known as this
Conservatism
A major effect of the Cold War was Executive Order 9835, meant to determine the “loyalty” of employees of the Federal Government, it was also known as the “Loyalty Order”, and was issued in 1947 by this U.S. President
Harry Truman
In 1960, Lyndon Johnson’s running mate for President of the United States was John F. Kennedy, who at that time was representing this New England state in the U.S. Senate
Massachusetts
In 1961, Republican John Tower was elected to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate - the first Republican from Texas to win a seat in the Senate since this historical era which occurred nearly 100 years earlier
Reconstruction Era
In the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case of ‘Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka’, the Court ruled that this was unconstitutional and banned it in all public schools
Segregation
Much of Johnson’s time as president was consumed by civil rights matters, as well as this war which was being waged in southeastern Asia
Vietnam War
Freedoms and liberties, which protect our rights, are known as these
Civil Rights
As a result of the rising tensions between the Soviet Union (and Eastern Europe) and the U.S. (and Western Europe), this military alliance was created by the U.S. and western European nations such as Britain and France, among others
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
Communist revolutionaries, led by Fidel and Raul Castro, installed a new communist government, backed by the Soviet Union, in this Caribbean-island nation (which is a short distance from the U.S.)
Cuba