Texas After WWII

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Across
  1. 4. v. Painter major Texas case regarding equality for minorities; African American student was denied admission to UT school of Law because of his race; U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor and several colleges began to intergrate
  2. 5. Embargo in the 1970s an effect of U.S. support of Israel during a conflict
  3. 9. to include people of all races
  4. 14. Joseph McCarthy leader of conflict
  5. 15. G.I. Forum
  6. 17. Movement -opposed big government
  7. 19. P. Garcia dedicated his life to attaining civil rights for Mexican Americans; formed the American G.I. Forum of Texas; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  8. 20. (Mexican American Youth Organization)
  9. 21. (National Organization for Women) worked for equal opportunities in employment and education for women
  10. 23. African Americans fought for equality -Martin Luther King, Jr. became the leader of the civil rights movement
  11. 24. v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that declared separate schools for whites and blacks were not equal; local school boards had to begin integrating immediately
  12. 28. American Civil Rights Organizations -LULAC
  13. 30. of U.S. troops sent to fight in the conflict
  14. 31. Scare -fear of communism spreading around the world
  15. 33. a residential community close to a city or town; spurred by the new interstate highway system; made it easier for people to move out of cities
  16. 35. F. Kennedy elected president of the United States in 1960; was assassinated in Dallas, Texas; associated with the Space Race
  17. 37. DeBakey and Denton Cooley pioneered ways of performing open heart surgery
  18. 38. to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
  19. 42. Rights Act of 1965 erased literacy tests and other obstacles for African Americans to vote; removed barriers to voting guaranteed under the 15th Amendment
  20. 43. Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) directed all of the United States's space exploration efforts; trained astronauts, contributed to the growth of Houston
  21. 45. Alabama year-long bus boycott
  22. 46. highway system a network of highways that link major cities across the United States; became an excellent and efficient way to transport goods from cities where they were manufactured to other areas where they would be sold
  23. 47. v. Texas a case involving jury selection for a trial of a Mexican American man convicted of murder; no Mexican Americans served on the jury; Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hernandez stating Mexican Americans were a protected class
  24. 48. War the post-World War II struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for power and influence; the struggle did not involve direct fighting between those two superpowers
  25. 49. protests against the war as it dragged on
Down
  1. 1. V. Ferguson Supreme Court decision ruling that "separate but equal" public facilities were legal.
  2. 2. of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) formed by Mexican Americans in 1929 to battle segregation; encouraged Mexican Americans to remember and honor their Mexican heritage
  3. 3. (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
  4. 6. of government welfare programs
  5. 7. oaths (certain government employees pledged to be anti-communists)
  6. 8. tests an exam to show whether a person can read or write
  7. 10. A. Gonzalez, Jr. first Mexican American to serve on the Texas Supreme Court
  8. 11. Race the competition between nations for achievements in space exploration; began when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space
  9. 12. about Soviet spying
  10. 13. Rides integrated bus rides that went through segregated areas in order to draw attention to civil rights
  11. 14. in nonviolent protests such as business boycotts, Freedom Rides, and sit-ins
  12. 15. ended with country united under communist rule
  13. 16. Benjy Frances Brooks first women to work in Texas as a pediatric surgeon
  14. 18. B. Johnson served as president after Kennedy's assassination; launched the Great Society, a liberal program of change; programs included Head Start, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Medicare Act, Job Corps, and environmental protections
  15. 22. a person who is strict in observance or traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
  16. 25. a person who is not strict in observance of traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
  17. 26. Belle Madison White Texas civil rights activist who set up local NAACP chapters throughout Texas; played a role in the Sweatt Supreme Court case
  18. 27. the Middleeast; caused a severe energy crisis in the United States
  19. 29. to refuse to buy or use particular goods or services as a form of protest
  20. 32. War Cold War conflict; war between North and South Korea, the United States sided with the South; war ended in 1953 with two countries holding original borders
  21. 34. a from of protest in which activists sit down inside or in front of a business, thus interfering with the businesses's normal work
  22. 36. rights movement campaign to end unfair treatment and equal rights for all Americans
  23. 39. States conducted hearings to investigate suspected Communists in America
  24. 40. War -Cold War conflict
  25. 41. Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin in the United States; African Americans could use non-segregated public places
  26. 44. protest a form of action in favor of a cause that involves marches, boycotts, and possibly deliberately breaking the law to highlight opposition to that law