HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Flag Of Texas, Railroad Commission Of Texas, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
17 Nov 2016
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Causes for texas change = external factors beyond the border of texas. Gender roles (more women hold office, worked out of the home, etc. ) Balance between external forces and individual change. What people remembered, what they celebrated, what they aspired to be, etc: by 1965 texas do not talk about the civil war much, but rather the texas. Compare texas to mississippi during 1890 and 1965. Different identity from the south, now more american and accepting of the federal government. Texas did not stay in the past. 1965 1970 civil rights act and voting rights act were both passed by the us congress with the strong arm tactics of the president (lbj who was texan) National and local politics: public education came from the state level government. Put more tax money into education, invested in the future education. Macroeconomic trends (big money trends) were the overall us economy and western world e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)y was (cid:271)oo(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:271)y the (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)"s.
