POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I TX Political Culture II Overview of Legislature III Land of TX Outline of Current Lecture I Majority minority II Demographics of TX III Searching for a new economic direction Current Lecture Majority minority state majority of state is made up of minorities Whites 45 blacks 11 hispanic 37 Molato old word for person of mixed decent Santa Anna was a molato who was kidnapped by Santa Anna Folk lore states that he lost the Battle of the Alamo because he was distracted Yellow Rose of TX After oil bust TX must look for a different way to support economy Once known for cotton kings and oil millionaires TX had to diversify economy and not rely on one industry Now involved in agriculture technology biotechnology health care education real estate personal services and energy TX holds 52 of 500 largest corporation headquarters Energy oil natural gas wind farms Exxon Valero Parts of oil revenues go automatically to UT and A M systems Agriculture TX is 2nd in production of agriculture in U S thanks to labor reducing machinery and chemicals Trade North American Free Trade Agreement Good b c trade with Canada and Mexico Bad because of narcotics trade These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute
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