Mid-termhistory 2013
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James Farmer | created Congress of Racial Equality
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Hector P. Garcia | founded the American GI Forum
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Lyndon Baines Johnson | signed Civil Rights Act 1964
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Susan B. Anthony | Quaker who fought for womens suffrage
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Thurgood Marshall | Civil rights leader who was a Surpreme Court justice
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African Americans | 2nd largest minority group in Texas
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Hispanics | expected to have the largest increase in population through 2015
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 | made it illegal for public places to discriminate based on race
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Poll Tax | tax that charged people to vote... blacks could not pay in many cases
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House Bill #72 | origiation of "No Pass No Play" rule
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Maquiladoras | U.S. assembly plants south of the Mexican Border
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Robin Hood Plan | law passed in 1993 requiring wealthier schools to share money with pooer districts
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Boycott | when a government stops trade with another government
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legislative branch | Branch of government that makes laws
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Executive branch | Branch of government that carries out the law
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Judical branch | Branch that decides if laws are fair
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Gilmer-Aiken Bills | laws established to improve teacher training, raise teacher salaries, provide textbooks, and requeired students to attend school for 9 months
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MAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement between U.S., Canada, Mexico
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Ways in which Federal Government can influence Texas economy | energy policies, export agreements with other countries, agiculture regulations
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Majority of Texans | live in urban-cities
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Because of Hispanic population growth | more people will be Spanish speaking in the next 20 years
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Crime | increased in cities because people moved to suburbs
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Austin | One of the country's top location =s for high tech
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Houstons | Largest port in Texas
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San Antonio | Has large number of tourist attractions
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Suburbs | 1950s and 60s… people moved here from cities to get away from crowding, pollution, crime, etc.
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Families moving off the farm 1950s and 60s | did so because could not make a living
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