Level A Lesson Plans: Segment 2

Level A - Segment 2  "Justice for my People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story"

Name:____________________________________________________________

1. T       F        An article about Mexican Americans in Texas called "What Price Wetbacks?" was published in Look Magazine.
2. T       F        In the early 1950's in Texas, students were often separated by their language and their last names.
3. The 1951 Pete Hernandez lawsuit heard by the US Supreme Court was about Mexican Americans in Edna, Texas, not serving on juries.
4. A poll tax of ____________ was required to be paid in Texas in the 1950's in order for a voter to vote.
   1. 75 cents
   2. $1.75
   3. $1.00
5. Girls who were in the American GI Forum Queen contest had to
   1. wear expensive, fancy gowns.
   2. sell tickets
   3. be smart
6. Dr. Garcia and his wife had _______ children.
   1. two
   2. four
   3. three
7. To where did the Garcia family move in the late 1950's?
   1. Lamar Park, an all-Anglo neighborhood in Corpus Christi, Texas
   2. Salazar Park, a Mexican-American area in Corpus Christi, Texas
   3. Park House, an expensive apartment complex in Corpus Christi
8. In 1960, _______________ was elected President of the United States.
   1. Bobby Kennedy
   2. John F. Kennedy
   3. Dr. Hector Garcia
9. What important political step did Kennedy make regarding Mexican Americans?
   1. He ignored them.
   2. He appointed Dr. Garcia to a national position.
   3. He sent Dr. Garcia to Cuba.
10. Hector Garcia Jr. died in 1962 while
    1. playing football.
    2. on a summer retreat in Mexico to learn Spanish.
    3. seeing Aztec ruins in the jungles of Latin America.
11. How did Lyndon Johnson become President of the United States?
12. Some of President Johnson's accomplishments included the passage of the
    1. EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
    2. Civil Rights Act.
    3. both of the above.
13. On the Texas map below, locate the following:
    1. Edna
    2. Corpus Christi
    3. Driscoll
    4. El Paso
    5. Johnson City
    6. Cotulla
    7. Mercedes
    8. Edinburg
    9. Brownsville
    10. The Rio Grande River