POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I Texas Governors A E J Davis B Jim Ferguson C Miriam Ferguson D W Lee O Daniel II The Great Depression III 4 Distinct Physical Regions in Texas A Gulf Coastal plains B Interior Lowlands C The Great Plains D The Basin and Range Province Outline of Current Lecture I Texas Governors Now II Economic Change in Texas A Cotton B Cattle Ranching C Oil D High Tech Digital Economy III NAFTA Current Lecture l Rick Perry was indicted and accused of pressuring a DA into resigning because of her drunken charges Perry went on the Jimmy Kimmel show where he talked about how he is for decriminalizing marijuana Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott are now running against each other for Texas governor Wendy Davis is a democrat focused on women while Greg Abbott is a republican who is against Obama ll 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 A Cotton is one of the oldest crops grown in Texas Serious cultivation of cotton came in 1821 with the arrival of Anglo Americans Political independence statehood and ongoing removal of Native American threat in years before The Civil War barbed wire building of railroads and a newly designed plow increased cotton productivity The sharecropping and tenant system resulted in political unrest and formed the Populist movement B Cattle Ranching extends to the 17th century when the Spanish brought livestock to the New World After the Civil War the cattle industry took off as cattle drives and railroads began opening up new markets in the East but struggled with the invention of barbed wire C Oil was first sighted in mid 17th century by Spanish explorers January 10 1901 was when oil started booming because Spindletop discovered it The Interstate Highway made Dallas Fort Worth and Houston become very populous D Because of the oil collapse in the 80 s high tech industry dominated the 90 s The Austin San Marcos area became the production center for computer chips personal computers and other related computer hardware The Dallas area is home to a number of important electronic equipment companies lll The North American Free Trade Agreement sought to create free trade zones in North America Many groups argued that free trade would hurt U S workers because of cheap labor in Mexico but it also gave us more income
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