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Texas After WWII Flashcards

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Smith vs. Allwright Problem

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Lonnie Smith was unable to vote in the Democratic “white primary”

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Smith vs. Allwright decision

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African Americans had to be allowed to vote in primary

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Smith vs. Allwright impact

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Number of African Americans registering to vote went up to 70,000

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Sweatt v. Painter Problem

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Herman Sweatt was denied from UT law school and he sued (race)

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Sweatt v. Painter Decision

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separate schools weren’t equal

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Sweatt v. Painter Impact

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U.S> supreme court ruled favor of Sweatt and several Texas colleges were forced to integrate

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what was decided during the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board

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-separate schools were not equal

-next year court ordered school board to integrate

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did all Texas schools follow Brown v. Board decision immediately

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they resisted decision

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How did Texas schools avoid integration

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-integrated teach staff, but not students

-allowed African Americans in schools but different classes

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Who was James L. Famer

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Texan that found CORE

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what does CORE stand for

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congress for racial equality

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what did CORE do

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nonviolent protests and fought for racial equality

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What was a sit in?

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activists took seats in white sections of segregated lunch counters and refused to leave unless they were served

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were sit ins violent?

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Yes! They were often violent

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What did James L. Farmer organize in 1961

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freedom rides

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what year did James L. Farmer organize freedom rides

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1961

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what were freedom rides

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white and African Americans rode buses from Washington D.C. to the South

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what was the goal of freedom rides

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to break segregation law so the government would have to enforce the court’s decision

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were freedom rides a success

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YES

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Summary of Civil Rights of 1964

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-banned discrimination of all part of life

-Allowed government to take away funding from school districts who were segregated

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Summary of Voting Rights Act of 1965

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made literacy tests and poll taxes illegal

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what was the outcome of the Voting rights Act of 1965

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African American voter registration increased

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who was Barbara Jordan?

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The 1st African American to be elected to state senate where she worked in the U.S. House of Representatives

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Compared to the Jim Crow Era, how do you think life improved for African Americans

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Allowed them to have more say

-rights

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what was the purpose of the American G.I. Forum

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fight for equal rights among Mexican Americans

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Explain what happened with Felix Longoria

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he was a Mexican WWII soldier who died in battle

White cemetery officials wouldn’t allow his family to have services in cemetery chapel to honor his death

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who created the American G.I Forum

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D.R. Hector P. Garcia

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What was the Decision in Hernandez v. Driscoll

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segregation of Mexican American children in schools was illegal

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What made it obvious that the school was segregating Mexican students

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A Mexican American student who only spoke English was placed in “low class for Spanish speaking students

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what was the Texas Equal Rights Amendment

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granted women the same legal rights as men

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Percentage of women that held jobs in 1950s

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27%

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Percentage of women that held jobs in 1980s

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56%

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How many political offices did women hold by the 1980s

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more than 690

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why is it called a “Cold” war

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-the two sides never fought each other

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what were the two sides to the cold war

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U.S. and Soviet Union

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How did the War in Korea heighten tensions in the U.S.?

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communism was strong in Korea.

Communism represented the opposite of the American way of life.

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What did Americans fear about communism

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it was spreading throughout the world.

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a form of action in favor of a cause that involved marches and boycotts

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non-violent protests

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to refuse to buy or use particular goods or services as a form of protest

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boycott

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to include people of all races

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integrate

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a form of protest in which activists sit down inside or in front of a business to interfere with the business

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sit in

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a person who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country

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refugee

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integrated bus rides that went through segregated area in order to draw attention to civil rights

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Freedom rides

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an official statement that a person is loyal to the the U.S. and does not seek its overthrow

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Loyalty Oath

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the post WWII struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for power and influence; did not involve direct fighting

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Cold War

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a residential community close to a town or city

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suburb

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the publishing of statements known to be false about someone in order to damage their reputation

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libel

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a network of highways that link major cities across the U.S.

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interstate highway system

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a collection of social and economic program initiate by President Johnson

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great society

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the process of changing, or redrawing, legislative district lines to reflect changes in population

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redistricting

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rate of production

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productivity

50
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what led to the increased fears of spying in the U.S?

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Incidents of government workers found guilty of revealing U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union

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what was the increased fears called?

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Red Scare

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what Austin Native was accused of being a communist?

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John Henry Folk

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What happened because of the John Henry accusations?

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he lost his job because of an anti communist organization

54
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what was the result of the Henry Faulk Lawsuit

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he was awarded 3.5 million dollars for libel

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Who ran for the democratic nomination in 1960?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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who did Lyndon B. Johnson lose to in the election of 1960?

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John F. Kennedy

57
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who was John f. Kennedy’s vice president

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Lyndon B. Johnson

58
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what happened to John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy was riding in an open car and was shot and killed

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why was Kennedy in TX before he got killed

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to prepare for reelection

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when did Kennedy get assinated

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November 22

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what did Johnson promise to do as president when Kennedy died

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carry on the programs Kennedy begun

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what program did Johnson plan as President

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Great Society

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what was Johnson’s quote for Great Society

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“war on poverty”

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Great Society benefits

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  • Children got preschool education through Head Start

-school breakfast program provided breakfast each day to students

  • federal financial aid helped students

-Medicare
primary health program for elderly

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who supported South Vietnam in the War

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U.S>

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what kind of support was given to South Vietnam in the war

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U.S sent thousands of troops

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who cut support for the war in 1968

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Richard Nixon

68
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what happened to Vietnamese Refugees during and after the war

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many moved to TX(similar geography and climate) and settled along Gulf Coast of Mexico

-built successful communities

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Texas population in 1950

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7.7 million

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Texas population in 1980

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14.2 million

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percent of Texans living in cities in 1990

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80%

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what was the purpose of the Federal-Aid Highway Act

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to provide 25 billion dollars to states to build interstate highways

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benefits of interstate highways

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-highways have no cross traffic, stop signs, or traffic lights

-boosted TX economy (transport goods faster)

-new businesses sprang up
service stations
restaurants
hotels

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How did suburbs negatively affect cities

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-Downtown stores and theaters closed (couldn’t compete with new facilities)

-cities lost tax revenue as middle class citizens moved away

75
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what was the problem with vacuum tubes

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they were big and fragile

76
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benefits of transistors

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could send electronic signals much faster than vacuum tubes

77
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What did Jack Kilby do

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invented integrated silicon circuit /computer chip

78
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what happened in 1957?

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Soviet Union launched first artificial satellite, Sputnik

79
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what started the Space Race

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launch of sputnik

80
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how did Americans react to Sputnik

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shocked and pressured

81
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what goal did JFK set for the U.S.

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landing a human the Moon

82
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what organization directed U.S. space exploration

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NASA

83
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what does NASA stand for

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

84
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What happened in 1969

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Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon

85
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when did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon

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1969

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