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Social Studies U9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Former Senator from Texas who became the 36th United States President; his political agenda was known as the Great Society Program; helped promote legislation that included a fight against poverty and crime, aid to education, and civil rights. | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Incident in which 16 people were shot and killed and 32 others wounded by 25-year-old UT Austin student, Charles Whitman. | Tower Massacre |
| Texas Governor who was wounded in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. | John Conally |
| The last Governor of the 20th Century and the second Republican Governor of Texas since Reconstruction was _____. | George W. Bush |
| to make into a single unit | unify |
| a person's level of existence described in terms of services, luxuries and goods that are available to him | standard of living |
| heavily-populated usually inner city areas with many social problems, poor living conditions and run-down housing | slums |
| a community built on the outer .boundaries of a city | suburb |
| Who was the 2nd woman in Texas history to be Governor? She was Governor when the Mt. Carmel Tragedy occurred; when the "Robin Hood" Plan was instituted and when the Texas Lottery began. | Ann Richards |
| What are people of the same social standing called? | peers |
| He was the youngest man to serve in the Texas Senate. This man's name appeared on the 1952 election ballot as both a Republican and a Democrat. He became Governor after the death of his predecessor. Who was he? | Allan Shivers |
| a person currently in a political office | incumbent |
| Who was the 1st woman to serve in the Texas State Senate, the 1st African-American in the Texas Senate since 1883 and the 1st African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention? | Barbara Jordan |
| Founder of CORE; he organized the Freedom Ride; one of the "Big Four" in the Civil Rights Movement. | James Farmer |
| He was the first Mexican American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He championed the rights of others, especially Mexican Americans. | Henry B Gonzales |
| Prominent heart surgeon who served as medical adviser to every U.S. President from 1947 to 2008; performed over 60,000 cardiovascular procedures and pioneered many devices and techniques used in heart surgery today. | Micheal DeBakey |
| A man who was a powerful force in the House of Representatives who had the respect of both political parties because of his knowledge of the political process; member of the House of representatives from Texas and Speaker of the House for 17 years. | Sam Rayburn |
| The first Governor to serve two (not consecutive) 4-year terms who was involved in the SMU "death penalty" scandal. Who was this 1st Republican Governor of Texas since 1870? | Bill Clements |
| Who was elected Governor in 1982 and helped to pass House Bill 72 which included the "No Pass/No Play Rule"? | Mark White |
| Who was the first woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. Senate? | Kay Bailey Hutchinson |
| a strong change, sometimes even violent | upheavel |
| accusations that are made without proof | allegations |
| A Texan named _____ was the 1st woman to deliver a keynote address at a national political convention, the 1st woman to be appointed Counselor to the President, the 1st woman to serve as Ambassador to the U.K. | Anne Armstrong |
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