Texas Leaders
What did James Hogg do to make things better in Texas?
He created a government office to control how railroads worked in Texas.
What does the 'Woman Suffrage Association' tell us about what women wanted?
Women wanted the right to vote.
What is the most important thing to know about slavery and why Texas joined the Civil War?
Texas's slavery led to its partnership with the Confederacy.
If cattle head gives me $3 in Texas, but $30 in Kansas, what does that say about the need for Cattle Trails?
The need for more cattle trails to make money
With the elections for Texas governor in the 1960's-1990's what political change is happening?
Texas becomes a 2-political party system
Two main parties become important
Which leader PROBABLY joined the protest CORE Freedom Now?
James Farmer
What time period do events like Women's Suffrage, Labor Unions, The Grange, and The Temperance Movement belong to?
The time of Progress
The Progressive Movement
Not having enough water for farming, as shown in the irrigation district image, causes what?
The government spending more money
Describe life in the Texas Panhandle in the 1930's (hint: the Dust Bowl).
Strong winds cause big dust storms
Farmers destroyed land by over cropping wheat
farming and ranched had a economic decline (not making money)
A severe drought
Why did Galvestonians build the Seawall and raise the level of the land?
The Seawall protected the island from hurricanes, and the land was raised to prevent flooding.
Who had to answer questions about how to get the South back into the Union, what to do with freedmen, and whether to punish Confederate soldiers?
Government people during Reconstruction
The changes to the laws shown (referring to 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments) gave freedom and rights mainly to whom?
Formerly enslaved African Americans
How did the Port of Houston, NASA and aerospace, Oil and gas, and Computer and technology businesses change Texas in the 1900s?
Texas changing from mostly farms to mostly cities
Texans helped with World War II by rationing supplies, building military bases and _______.
Expanding wartime production
How Spindletop helped Texas's money grow?
Discovering a vast amount of petroleum (oil) will increase job opportunities and help companies/businesses economically improve.
According to Mirabeau Lamar, what was the condition of the country when he came into office?
It was without soldiers, without arms, without money, and without credit.
Which TWO pieces of land that the U.S. got led to the U.S.-Mexican War
The Mexican Cession & Texas
How did barbed wire and windmills change how West Texas grew?
Ranching and farming became the main work
Patriotic Texans also helped by _______.
Buying war bonds
What P.E.G.S. factor helped Houston grow the most, after its waterway was deepened and widened?
Geography - Location
How did selling things around the world (globalization) change what Texas makes and sells?
Texas made more farm and energy products because more people wanted them.
Define Infrastructure
Buildings/roads (highways)