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14 Cards in this Set
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Martin Dies
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-Conservative Democrat in the House of Representatives
-Chair of HUAC, the House Un-American Activities Committee -Opposed New Deal Policies and had conflicts with the CIO |
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Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
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-Radio host, very popular and encouraged to run for governor by listeners in the 1938 election
-Platform of the Ten Commandments, included blocking sales taxes and abolishing capital punishments |
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Emma Tenayuca
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-Organizer of the three-month long Pecan-shellers' strike of 1938
-Working conditions were bad- no inside toilets or washrooms, poor ventilation, Pecan dust, and wages were horrible -Member of the Communist Party |
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Coke Stevenson
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-Governor who challenged UT with concerns that economics professors were secretly communists
-Saw the firing of Homer Rainey by the Board of Regents -Opposed taxing oil shipped out of state -Strengthened unemployment compensation system -Did little to help in the lynching of Willie Vinson -Lost to LBJ in the 1948 Democratic primary for US Senate |
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John Nance Garner
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-"Cactus Jack"
-FDR's VP running mate in 1932 and 1936 -held sway with many in Congress, especially the powerful Texas delegation -conservative Democrats in Texas were upset that he was replaced by Henry Wallace -Opposed the court-packing plan with a thumbs down sign during a vote on the Senate floor |
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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-Head of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
~Expanded the number and types of jobs women could serve in the Army -First secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -Active in politics, advocate for women |
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Texas Regulars
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-anti-Roosevelt faction of the Democrats
-formed from Jeffersonian Democrats -opposed New Deal and labor unions, supported the restoration of states' rights and white supremacy |
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Birth Control League in Texas
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-founded by activist Agnese Carter Nelms
-opposed by many conservatives as well as the Catholic Church |
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James Allred
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-governor who oversaw many of the implementation of New Deal Programs in Texas by working with the congressional delegation to attract funds to Texas
-supported work relief programs to combat the Great Depression |
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Minute Women
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-Texas Cold Warriors organized to fight Communism in government and education and to demand the teaching of the American heritage in schools and colleges.
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Committee for Constitutional Government
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Well-financed 'educational group' backed by the Texas Regulars that worked opposition to the court-packing bill
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Right to Work laws
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-allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers that make membership, payment of union dues, or fees a condition of employment, either before or after hiring, which would require the workplace to be a closed shop.allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers that make membership, payment of union dues, or fees a condition of employment, either before or after hiring, which would require the workplace to be a closed shop.
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Christian Americans
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-organized by Vance Muse to combat what he perceived as radicalism and subversive influences throughout the country.
-worked for passage of right-to-work laws -newspaper blasted against Communism, negroes, Jews, athiesm, and unions |
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Gilmer-Aikin Laws
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• Created SBOE - Elected, supervised Texas Education Agency
• Created nine-month school year • Set minimum trainings standards and a salary formula for teachers -- Salary formula was good for African-American schools •Had the effect of consolidating school districts |
