20
This granted sections of land to railroad companies to encourage them to build more track in Texas
Constitution of 1876
W. Goodrich Jones
This marked the beginning of the oil boom in Texas
The gusher at Spindletop
She trained pilots, flew fundraiser tours, and drove an ambulance in France during World War II
Katherine Stinson
Victims of this group included immigrants, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Jews, and Catholics
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
The first Tejano woman to earn a college degree and she worked to preserve Texas historical monuments like the Alamo
Adina Emilia De Zevala
Drilled the first oil well in Texas
Lyne T. Barrett
Became known for prosecuting KKK members for violent crimes
Dan Moody
The first radio broadcasts in the state of Texas were crop and weather reports from these places
Science departments at Texas universities
Three examples of transportation in the early 1900s included
Mule drawn streetcars, electric powered trolleys, and occasional automobiles
People who support women's voting rights
Suffragists
State Senator who won a law that provided funds for disabled people to get jobs
Margie Neal
The first woman to be elected governor of Texas
Miriam "Ma" Ferguson
Railroad monopolies hurt farmers by
Charging whatever rates they wanted to ship their crops
The Houston Ship Channel was built because
Buffalo Bayou was not deep enough for modern ships
Three examples of ways Texas women supported the war effort
They worked on farms, as nurses, and in factories
Extending or going across a continent
Transcontinental
Founded the African American newspaper Texas Freeman
Charles N. Love
The Texas Highway Department built new roads in the 1920s because the number of registered vehicles rose from ____ to _____
40,000 to 1 million