STUDY GUIDE: CIVIL RIGHTS & CONSERVATISM!!!!!
FACTS TO MEMORIZE
1. Civil War &
Reconstruction Era
1861 – 1st battle; Battles between the north (Union) & the south (Confederacy); Reconstruction
was the rebuilding of America post-Civil War
2. Cotton, Cattle & RR era
Industrialization; growth of towns from industries such as lumber and coal; RR grew large
markets
3. Age of Oil Era
4. Lyndon B. Johnson
Spindletop; 1901; boomtowns; discovery of oil; WWI
President of U.S.; Civil Rights leader; signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964; promoted NASA
(accomplishments)
5. Oveta Culp Hobby
6. Hector P. Garcia
7. James L. Farmer
8. LULAC
9. NAACP
10. Hernandez v. Texas
11. Reasons the south
seceded during Civil
War
12. Sweatt v. Painter
13. Dust Bowl (causes)
14. Reasons US joined
WWI
15. Reason US joined WWII
Created Women’s Army Corps (WAC); tried to get more rights for women during WWII
Created the American GI Forum to help Mexican American veterans get rights
Created CORE (helped African Americans); created the Freedom Riders
League of United Latin American Citizens (helped Mexican Americans)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (helped African American)
Established Mexican Americans as a separate race and fought for their equal rights; “jury of
peers”
Lower tariffs; keep slavery; believed it was their states’ right; protect agriculture interest
Integrated (ended segregation) in all Universities
Drought; lack of vegetation; ove rplowing or over grazing
A. Sinking of the Lusitania
B. Zimmerman telegram
Pearl Harbor
APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
16. How did Manifest Destiny affect the natives?
Natives were forced to conform, move to reservations or be killed
17. What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Look at the background story from your DBQ.)
legally ended segregation across the south; laws tried to change people’s racial behavior
a. What were some of the things that it changed?
Desegregated public facilities such as restaurants and drinking fountains
18. Why do the prices of goods (products) increase during war times?
There is a shortage of the goods; example – during Civil War, coffee and milk were hard to find and therefore were very
expensive
19. What was the common goal of the various social reform movements? (Women’s suffrage, Populist, Civil
Rights, etc.)
Fought for equal rights
20. What causes urbanization?
New industries were created - led to growth of supporting industries – more jobs – people move to the cities
a. What are some industries that caused urbanization?
New railroads; Striking oil
21. Why was the location of NASA Space Center in Texas beneficial for the state?
It brought growth of computer technology and aerospace industries; provided jobs
Effects of World War II
22. Economic
People were forced to ration and conserve; industries grew and provided jobs; women began to work
outside of the home to provide for families
23. Political
Government forced people to ration goods; Gov. sent Japanese and German Americans to internment
camps; Gov. persuaded people to support the war using propaganda
24. Social
People began to grow victory gardens; Women worked outside of the home; Japanese faced racism and
prejudice
Principle of the
Constitution
Individual Rights
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Definition
Example
Freedoms and liberties
Freedom of religion; freedom of speech
Separation of state and central
(federal) powers
3 branches of government –
executive, legislative and
judicial
Texas may not sign a treaty with Cuba
The governor is the head of the executive branch in Texas.