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Unit 6 test review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| James Farmer | Created the C.R.E. |
| Hector P. Garcia | Founded the american GI Forum |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Susan B. Anthony | Quaker who fought for women's suffrage |
| Thurgood Marshall | Civil Rights leader who was a supreme court Justice |
| African Americans | 2nd largest minority group in Texas |
| Hispanics | Expected to have the highest in crease in population through 2015 |
| 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 charge in most cases |
| House bill #72 | origination of, "No pass, No play", rule |
| Maquiladoras | U.S. factory's south of Mexican borders |
| Robin Hood plan | Law passed in 1993 requiring wealthy schools to share money with poorer districts |
| Gilmer-Aiken Bills | Laws established to improve teacher training, raise salaries, and provided textbooks to all students |