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- ERAS IN TEXAS HISTORY
- Made By: Anshul P.
- Today, we know that europeans came to our land for multiple reasons. The first three are the 3 Gs. Gold, Glory, God. Europeans came here with a trip going to India and ended up finding this land with lots of gold, and quickly extracted it. European explorers wanted honor, to show their dominance over other explorers and to honor themselves before their country's monarchy or leader. Europeans believed there was only one religion, Christianity, so they had another mission- conversion. Another reason was the terrain and climate. They came to a Texas with lots of land, rivers, and milder cimate.
- AGE OF CONTACT
- The Civil War and Reconstruction period really shaped Texas. Texas had only been part of the U.S for 15 years before it was drawn into the Civil War. On March 2, 1861 Texas seceded to the Confederacy. Although only 1/4 of Texans at that time supported slavery the voting margin was still huge by about 3/4 of Texans voting for secession. The impact Texas had on the Civil War, was the fact that most Texans wanted to protect civil rights, for the Love of Texas, and to preserve slavery. TExans had just gained independence from Mexico, and Texans were enjoying their lifestyle so, they had to protect those rights. The Texans had loved their state so, they felt as if joining this war would complete their love for this state. Texans business was farms, and losing slaves meant they were out of business, so they also had to preserve slavery. As far as reconstruction goes, Texas had lost the war, so the Confederacy had no choice but to let slaves go and make a better state.
- CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
- After Texas was free, Cotton, Cattle and Railroad, was a very popular business. The main characters in this era was James Hogg, famers, cowboys, and the TExas Railroad Commision. It was in Austin and other parts of Texas. After reconstruction, Texas needed to change their economy. In 1853, the first railroad was made in Texas, with a 20-mile track between Harrisburg and Stafford. The 20th governor of Texas, and the first nativeTexan to become governor. As far as cattle go, cattle drives started when europeans came and colonized. Cotton is also likewise and was still a popular farm then and today.
- COTTON, CATTLE, AND RAILROADS
- The Age of OIl. Main people in this era were populists, labor protesters, The League of United Latin American citizens. Texas Equal Suffrage Association. In 1886, while drilling for water, rancher George Dullnig struck oil, but did not wish to sell it. City crews in the city of Corsica found oil in 1984 in large quantities. In a small time, the population on Beaumont quickly grew from 10,000 to 50,000! It was not all good. The oil boom had taken its toll on the environment by contaminating groundwater and wells with oil. Politics had also changed. Politicians fought over regions of oil and this caused many issues.
- THE AGE OF OIL
- The Great Depression had lots of impact on Texas. The dust storms had blocked all sunlight and crops couldn't grow without water. Texas had gone into a drought and nobody could farm anything. WWII made Texas grow exponentially with over 140 new military installments and 750,000 Texans served in the war.
- THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WWII
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