Who were Adella Kelsey Turner and Ella Isabelle Tucker?
What does the New Mexico flag represent?
In what military actions has the USS Texas been involved? Where is it now?
Do you admire ?
Do you think Pancho
Villa should be considered a hero for Mexican people? Explain. See
this one, too.
What was the role of the Partido Liberal Mexicano in Texas during the Mexican Revolution?
What was the worst natural disaster in U.S. History?
What new era began in Texas in 1901?
What new
tax was implemented in Texas in 1902? Why do you think it was implemented?
When did it
become illegal? Should it be illegal? Who was Zelma Watson George?
How many years was Sam Rayburn elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?
What was discovered in New Mexico in 1909?
What caused the Mexican Revolution
of 1910?
Who was Major General
Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, and what happened to him in 1980? Do you
admire his accomplishments? Who are "Soldaderas"?
Who was the "apostle
of democracy" and why was he called this? What was the Plan of Ayala?
Was Gregorio Cortez's
pardon the right thing for the governor to do? Explain. What was La Prensa?
For what crime was Jack Johnson of Texas convicted?
Who assumed control of Mexico's government in 1913?
Who became Mexico's President in 1914?
What happened in Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1914?
What was Scott Joplin's first hit song?
What was Mexico offered in the Zimmermann
Telegram, and should the government have accepted the offer?
What law dealing with Texas women passed in 1918?
Do you admire Annie
Webb Blanton and why? Name three military camps/bases in Texas during World War I.
Who was governor
of Texas in 1917, what happened to him, and why?
Where was the headquarters of the Texas
Anti-Saloon League, and what was it's purpose? Do you support their
cause? Explain.
What was the Ku
Klux Klan doing in Texas in the 1920s and why? What political
influence did they have? Name two songs by Blind Lemon Jefferson.
How did prohibition affect Galveston?
Where was the first high school football team in Texas?
Interpret and critique a work by Diego
Rivera or Frida Kahlo.
Who were Soledad Chacon and Isabel Eckles? See this one, too.
What was Katherine Ann Porter's first publication?
What happened regarding Texas Tech on February 10, 1923 and Fall, 1925?
What was discovered on the New Mexico Navajo Reservation in the early 1920s?
What National Monument was created in New Mexico in 1924?
Do you admire Miriam
Ferguson and why?
What problems led to the founding of LULAC?
How successful has this organization been in solving these problems? Explain.
Who painted these, and do
you like them? Why? What was the Cristero Rebellion?
Who was "Dad" Joiner?
What Texan was known as "the father of Negro baseball"?
What college did Lyndon B. Johnson attend?
What was the Hall of Negro Life?
Who was Babe Didrickson,
and do you admire her? Explain.
Who was the "Mr.
Clean" of Mexico and why was he called that? Who is Lee Trevino and where was he born?
How did New Deal programs affect New Mexico?
Where was actress Joan Crawford born?
Do you think John
Nance Garner was a good Vice President? Explain. In what towns were Bonnie & Clyde born?
What was the purpose of the Democratic Progressive Voters League?
What happened at the London Consolidated School Building in Rush County, Texas, March 18, 1937?
According to the 1930 census, what percentage of Tejanas were middle class?
Who was known as "The King of the Twelve-String Guitar"? How did he get in trouble, and what helped him get out of trouble?
What was the Crystal City Internment Camp and who
stayed there and why?
Were Texas
troops heroic in World War II? Explain with specific examples.
Who developed the idea of Navajo Code Talkers?
Why was the Bataan Death March significant in New Mexico?
Do you admire Audie
Murphy? Explain. What did Oveta Culp Hobby do during World War II?
Where was Chester Nimitz born and why is he famous?
Do you admire Doris
Miller? Explain. What did Mexico declare on June 1, 1942?
What was the braceros
program and how did it affect Mexicans?
What happened in Beaumont
on June 15-16, 1943, and why did it happen? What National Park was established on June 12, 1944?
How many teams are in the World Football Federation's Premiere Division are from Mexico?
What happened at "Trinity" in New Mexico during
World War II? What were the results? What happened in Texas City on April 16, 1947?
Do you BELIEVE? Explain.
Which states in the Southwest are "right to work" states?
Why was the 1948 Senatorial Election in Texas controversial?
Who was Dr. Hector
P. Garcia? Do you admire him? Explain. Who got the right to vote in New Mexico in 1948?
What is the American G I Forum of Texas?
Who was Felix Longoria?
Name two works by Jose' Clemente Orozco.
List three songs recorded by Buddy Holly.
Where was President Dwight D. Eisenhower born?
When did Texas women first serve on juries?
Who is Ruby Gobble?
What was discovered in New Mexico in 1950?
What was "Operation
Wetback"? Do you agree with this method? Explain. What was the reaction of the Governor of Texas to Brown v. Board of Education?
What does MALDEF stand for?
Why did John Henry Faulk loose his radio job in 1957?
What happened in Dallas on April 2, 1957?
What did Jack Kilby
do and where did he do it? What have been the results? What is your favorite Barbara Jordan quote?
Who was Patrocinio
Barela and what do you think of his work? What was "El Boom"?
Why are Carlos Castenada's
"travels" well known? Where did he go and what did he find? What was the Chicano Mural Movement?
List two singers who influenced Janis Joplin? Also try this and this one.
Who is Jose' Angel Gutierrez?
In what magazine did John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me appear?
Who was John
Tower and do you admire his accomplishments?
Is this a waste of money? Explain.
What are the "white guards" in Chiapas?
How many Hispanic politicians were elected or named to represent their districts in Texas from 1846 to 1961?
What did "los
cinco" do and why?
Who do you think killed JFK and why? Also
see this one, and this one. What was Trini Lopez's hit song in 1963?
Who is being shot in these photos and who did it?
Who is Ed White?
What Center did Lady Bird Johnson create?
Would you like to rub this gravestone?
Why?
What is "The Roundhouse",
when was it dedicated, and why is it significant in U.S. history?
Do you admire Reis Lopez Tijerina?
Explain.
What did Tommie
Smith and John Carlos do that created controversy at the 1968 Olympics
in Mexico City and why? Do you think this was an appropriate action? Explain.
What were "camp-ins"
and what were the results?
What did the Gus
Mutscher convicted? What did the Dallas Cowboys do in 1972?
Ms. Jones voted for Ramsey Muniz in 1972. Where is he now?
What "first" happened at DFW Airport on January 13, 1974?
Would you like to go?
Would Ms. Jones look good with this hair?
Who was the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city?
What happened in Mexico City on September 19, 1985?
Where does Senator Hutchison stand on drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
List two books by Octavio Paz.
What famous descendent visited New Mexico in 1992?
What do the Seven Seals" have to do with Texas?
What caused the Chiapas Rebellion? Also see this one.
Who is Sheryl Williams?
What is the Selena Foundation?
Do you admire Eligio "Kika"
de la Garza II? Explain. For what crime was Raul Salinas convicted?
What is Mexico's former President Zedillo's military record?
What is the estimated population of Mexico?
What percentage of the time did Henry B. Gonzalez
vote with ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) views this year? On what
issues did they disagree? Do you agree with him? Explain.
Has NAFTA been good
for Texas and Mexico? Explain. Try this
one, too. xico? Explain. See this critical
view, too.
Which ethnic
term for Mexicans in the U.S. do you prefer and why?
Who do you think is winning this war,
and is it a
war that we should be fighting at all? Who does Ms. Jones love to brag about as her "homeboy" in Oak Cliff?
Do you think he will improve conditions in Mexico?
What are these Texas Symbols?
Also see this
one, too. Texas symbols, and would you recommend any changes? b. state bird
c. state dinasaur
d. dish
e. flower
f. insect
g. motto
h. reptile
i. sport
j. small mammal
Name ten famous permanent
residents in New Mexico.
Name a famous Texan
in five different categories and explain why each is famous.
Name ten Texas
musicians/singers that you like. What's the most important news story today in Mexico?
Would you like to retire in Mexico.
List three upcoming events in Texas>.
What fertilized the Bushes?
How well do you know the Bushes? Try this quiz.
Is Dallas cool?