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| How did prohibition lead to organized crime in Texas? |
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| Because the people that were selling the illegal liquor started investing the money in other things that were against the law such as; Drugs, prostitution |
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| What governent reform resulted from the Hurricane that hits Galveston |
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| The commission form of Government was enacted. City, fire, roads, finance commissioner |
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| What is the Morrill act of 1862 |
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| creation of land-grant colleges. Land grant colleges in Texas are Texas A&M and U.T. Austin |
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| What was a normal college? |
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| A college that trained schoolteachers. Sam Houston & Prairie View A&M (black university) |
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| What made for a good education in early Texas? |
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| Peer teaching, lack of lawsuits, less paperwork, smaller classes, a more practical education, an education that teaches life skills and survivals, one Room with many different ages, the teacher moves from desk to desk. School years were based on harvest times. |
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| What has been the dominant political party throughout history? |
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| Why did many leave the Democratic Party in the late 1970s? |
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| The Democratic Party tried to appeal to more groups; pro-choice, homosexuals, bisexuals, there was a watershed movement for the Republicans |
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| What happened when the Democrats tried to appeal to gays and pro-choice groups? |
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| The Evangelical Democrats went to Republican Party |
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| Most churchgoers are Republicans, those who do not attend church regularly tend to vote Democratic |
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| Why has the dominant party changed from Democratic to Republican? |
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| The Democrats appealed to gays and pro-choice groups, the evangelical democrats merged with the Republican Party, Watershed Republicans at the National level spilled down to state level |
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| What happened in November, 1948? |
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| U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Governor Coke Stevenson vs. Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson |
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| Who campaigned from a helicopter? |
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| How did Lyndon Johnson get his votes? |
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| He brought Mexicans in from Mexico to vote for him using beer, food and $5 bills as incentive, he used dead peoples names for votes, he did creative math altering numbers to create more votes, he threw away votes for Stevenson |
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| When the election was about over and Stevenson was just barely in the lead some late votes come in from somewhere. Where was it? |
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| Jim Wells County (all written in the same handwriting and in alphabetical order) pushing LBJ over the top and he becomes Senator. |
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| How was this the most important election in the history of America? |
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| LBJ becomes Senator Majority Leader Vice-President President (when JFK shot) If not for him becoming Senator he never would have become President |
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| What were some of the contributions from LBJ? |
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| Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Disability, AFOC, Food Stamps, Pell Grants, Student Loans, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act |
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| To heal the arguing in the Democratic Party |
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| Who was arguing in the Democratic Party that JFK went to fix? |
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| Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough & Governor John Connally |
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| Why did JFK think that the arguing in the Democratic Party was so bad? |
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| Kennedy thinks that the arguing will cause the Democrats to lose Texas in the election and if they lose Texas he might lose the general election |
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| Why didnt JFK like Texas? |
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| He because he believed Texans were short-tempered, had guns, and tended to use them when they lost their tempers |
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| Where did JFK spend the night before his assassination? |
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| Nov. 21, 1963 Kennedy spends night at the Hotel Texas in downtown Ft. Worth |
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| Did JFKs wife, Jackie usually accompany him on his trips? |
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| Why was the top down on the limo? |
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| The weather was nice so they decided to put the top down on the limo so they could wave to the people |
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| What was the route that JFK decided to take? |
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| The route that they decided to take was from: Love Field through downtown to the Trademart |
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| Who was in the limo of JFK? |
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| The people in the limo and where they were located are as follows: Front Driver (Secret Service Agent, William Greer) Passenger (Agent, Roy Kellerman); Middle Nellie and John Connally; Back Jackie and John F. Kennedy |
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| Where in Dallas was JFK shot? |
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| Kennedy was shot in front of the Texas Schoolbook Depository |
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| How many shots were fired at JFK? |
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| There were three shots: first hits President in the neck, second shot misses President but hits John Connally, third shot hits President Kennedy in the back of the head |
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| After JFK was shot where was he taken? |
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| The President was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead at 1:00pm |
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| Why did the Secret Service agents and Dallas Police have a confrontation over Kennedys body? |
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| The Dallas Police wanted his body to stay for an autopsy but after the Secret Service agents pulled their weapons his body was removed without the autopsy. Kennedy becomes the only homicide victim whose body was removed from Dallas County without an autopsy. |
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| Where was JFKs body taken for the autopsy? |
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| He was placed on Air Force One to be taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for the autopsy. |
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| Who swore in Lyndon Johnson as President on Air Force One? |
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| He was sworn in by Sarah T. Hughes as President before the plane took off from Love Field. |
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| Who was arrested for the assassination of JFK? |
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| Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder but was never tried. He was killed two days later by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner |
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| Why was this assassination so important from a symbolic point of view? |
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| It ended Americas innocence and started a cynical world. |
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| Name three schools where it took the military to get blacks into the school. |
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| Little Rock, Ar; University of Mississippi & University of Alabama |
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| In order to bring racial balance to schools in the 1960s, what was done? |
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| Forced busing was implemented |
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| Why is Texas growing so much? |
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| Centrally located, no state income tax, not many labor unions, weather is moderate, Texas mystic, lower cost of living, mineral resources |
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| What is meant by Broken borders in Texas? |
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| Organized crime from Mexico coming into Texas, unsolved homicides coming into Texas, more drugs, more stolen materials |
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| What resulted from the Gilmer-Aiken Act? |
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| Colleges started teacher education programs, teacher pay increased, funding for schools began to come from property taxes, school calendar set around 182 days |
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| First Republican governor elected in over 100 years |
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| What did the city of Galveston do in response to the horrible damages from the hurricane? |
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| Martial law was declared and the bodies were buried at sea |
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| What promises were made by Colquitt in the governor's race? |
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| Political peace and legislative rest |
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| How did Colquitt get the support of some people in the governor's race and just who were they? |
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| He appealed to anti-prohibition sentiment in South Texas and won over conservatives with a promise of political peace and legislative rest. |
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| Why was Ferguson impeached? |
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| Misappropriation of funds, refusing to disclose loan source, falsification of records, unwarranted interference with the control of the University of Texas |
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| List some aspects of the senate trial of Ferguson. |
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| He insisted he did nothing wrong, Senate found him guilty by a 2/3 majority, Senate adjourned for the weekend before fixing a penalty, giving the governor an opportunity to resign and claim that the judgment did not apply to him, the senate ignored the resignation and disqualified him from holding any further public office. |
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| Just what happened after Ferguson was impeached and removed from office? |
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| William P. Hobby took over Fergusons duties |
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| What were Ferguson's views on courts and criminal justice system? |
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| They believed that Texas sent poor people to prison for minor offenses while rich people got away with the same crimes. This led to an extremely liberal pardon policy, releasing two thousand in two years. |
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| What were the promises made by O'Daniel when he first ran for governor? |
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| Ten Commandments his platform and Golden Rule his motto. He promised a pension of $30 a month for every Texan over 65, less Johnson grass and politicians, more smokestacks and businessman. |
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| Know about the weird election results in Jim Wells County. |
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| Votes were in alphabetical order, all in the same handwriting |
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| Who were the politicians and groups that supported and opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act? |
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| Ralph Yarborough and Al Gore Sr. were the only southern Democratic senators to support the bill, John Tower was Republican senator in the south who voted against it, Lyndon Johnson secured the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 |
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| Where did Prohibition start? |
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| Prohibition started in New Orleans, La. and Hot Springs, Ar. then headed for Dallas and Houston |
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| Most members of Texas legislature graduated from what type of college? |
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| What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act? |
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| To end public separation of Whites and Blacks |
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| What is so special about Prairie View A&M? |
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| It is the second oldest state sponsored institution of higher learning in Texas. The first Land Grant college in Texas for Blacks. |
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