Urban Growth and Civil Rights Levels

(page 101 in your Interactive Notebook, pages 509 514 in our textbook.)

Level One
1. After World War II, over half of all Texas lived where?
2. Read A Real Life Story about James Farmer Jr. on page 509. What did he
mean when he said Segregation will go on as long as we permit it to?
3. What was the baby boom? What were the two causes of the baby boom?
4. How did the growth of suburbs contribute to problems in the cities? What
types of problems?
5. What agency governs schools in Texas? When was this agency created?
6. What was made illegal by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ?
Level 2
1. Looking at the Visual Summary on page 514, what were three main changes in Texas
society and economy from 1945 1970?
2. Which of these changes do you think is most important and why?
Level 3
Follow the directions with the photos on the back. Use your knowledge of the
organizations that helped minorities to fight discrimination (NAACP, LULAC, CORE).

Would you have become a member of any of these groups to respond to the
message these signs represent?