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Mid-Term Review
You will be reviewing the concept of the 6th 6 weeks
Term | Definition |
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James Farmer | Created Congress of Racial Equility |
Hector P. Garcia | Founded the American GI Forum |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | Signed Civil Rights Act 1964 |
Susan B. Anthony | Quaker who fought for women suffrage |
Thurgood Marshall | civil rights leader who was supreme court justice |
African Americans | 2nd largest minority group in Texas |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | made it illegal for public places to discriminate based on race |
Poll Tax | Tax that charged people to vote...blacks could not pay in many case |
house bill #72 | originated of "no pass, no play" rule |
Robin Hood Plan | law passed in 1993 requiring wealthier schools to share money with poorer districts |
Boycott | when a government stops trade with another government |
Legislative Branch | branch of government that makes the laws |
Executive Branch | branch of government that carries out the laws |
Judicial Branch | branch of government that decides if laws are fair |
Hispanics | expected to have the highest increase in population through 2015 |
Maquiladoras | US assembly plants south of the Mexican Border |