HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: The Good War, Rural Electrification, Shining Light
17 Nov 2016
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Mechanization of agriculture, rural/urban, income levels, education levels. Texas did change dramatically more people with college degrees, larger farms, over half of the population was urban. Rural electrification ~ distribution, cost, and creation of power. (cid:272)reate (cid:373)ore spe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:271)(cid:455) putti(cid:374)g (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) i(cid:374) people"s po(cid:272)kets. Gave people something to buy, and something to buy it with. Cost of building electrical grid was born by the federal government. Ea(cid:272)h to(cid:449)(cid:374) had its o(cid:449)(cid:374) ge(cid:374)erati(cid:374)g (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) (cid:271)ut did(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)tend beyond city limits. (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1007)(cid:1004)"s build transmission lines, distribution lines, organize co-ops, provide electricity into countryside. The more you buy = more consumer demand. African americans and tejanos help political office. Racism and white supremacy did not end and has not ended now. Texas aa born in the (cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s li(cid:448)ed outside the south (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1004) Texas was transformed, urban aa population increased, rural aa decreased, total aa population decreased. The evil of hitler was obvious unlike other wars (vietnam)
