Term | Definition |
James Farmer | created Congress of Racial Equality |
Hector P. Garcia | founded the American GI Forum |
Lyndon Baines Johnson | signed Civil Rights Act 1964 |
Susan B. Anthony | Quaker who fought for womens suffrage |
Thurgood Marshall | Civil rights leader who was a Surpreme Court justice |
African Americans | 2nd largest minority group in Texas |
Hispanics | expected to have the largest increase 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 pay in many cases |
House Bill #72 | origiation of "No Pass No Play" rule |
Maquiladoras | U.S. assembly plants south of the Mexican Border |
Robin Hood Plan | law passed in 1993 requiring wealthier schools to share money with pooer districts |
Boycott | when a government stops trade with another government |
legislative branch | Branch of government that makes laws |
Executive branch | Branch of government that carries out the law |
Judical branch | Branch that decides if laws are fair |
Gilmer-Aiken Bills | laws established to improve teacher training, raise teacher salaries, provide textbooks, and requeired students to attend school for 9 months |
MAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement between U.S., Canada, Mexico |
Ways in which Federal Government can influence Texas economy | energy policies, export agreements with other countries, agiculture regulations |
Majority of Texans | live in urban-cities |
Because of Hispanic population growth | more people will be Spanish speaking in the next 20 years |
Crime | increased in cities because people moved to suburbs |
Austin | One of the country's top location =s for high tech |
Houstons | Largest port in Texas |
San Antonio | Has large number of tourist attractions |
Suburbs | 1950s and 60s… people moved here from cities to get away from crowding, pollution, crime, etc. |
Families moving off the farm 1950s and 60s | did so because could not make a living |