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| Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan | Confederate states had to declare their secession was illegal |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | Passed in response to most Southern states' refusal to approve the 14th amendment |
| Texas Constitution of 1876 | Allowed the legislature to meet only every other year |
| Radical Republican and Reconstruction | Way to punish Southerners and reorganize the South |
| Reconstruction ends in Texas | When Edmund Davis was defeated in the race for governor |
| Comanche and Kiowa | Native American groups who posed the greatest threat to Texas settlers in the 1860's |
| Quaker | President Ulysses S Grant's peace policy toward Native Americans |
| Texas Rangers | Reestablished in 1874 to defend the frontier in Texas |
| Native Americans | Removed from the frontier after Grant's peace policies failed |
| Reservations | Comanches and Kiowas forced there after the destruction of their homes, food, horses, and the buffalo |
| Spanish | Culture of origin for the Texas cattle industry |
| Charros | Mexican cowhands who used horses and ropes to round up herds of cattle |
| Prairies | Geographic feature in Texas that favors the growth of the cattle industry |
| Controlling cowhands | Was not a responsibility of scouts |
| Subsistence farming | Producing almost all the goods needed by the farm family, with a little extra for sale |
| Tenant farming | Used by farmers who could not afford to buy their own land |
| Steel plow | Importion invention because it was stronger and longer lasting than the iron plow |
| Blackland prairie | Region of Texas that became the main cotton-growing region |
| Manufacturing | Population to create factory workers was NOT a factor for manufacturing coming to Texas |
| Railroads | Cattle, lumber, and coal industries benefitted from railroads |
| Labor unions | Formed as a response to the poor working conditions and poor treatment of workers |
| Agricultural prairies | Contained most major cities of Central and South Texas in the 19th century |
| Cotton compressor | Invention that reduced the size of the cotton bale by half and made shipping costs lower |
| Demand for oil | Increased when trains were powered by oil instead of wood |
| Corsicana | Texas town where the first significant oil reserve was discovered |
| Natural gas | Orginally, burned at the site of discovery in the oil fields |
| Columbus M Joiner | Discovered the largest oil field in the world as of 1930 |
| Texas Railroad Commision | Agency that has the power to regulate the oil industry |
| West Texas | Were most of the oil strikes in the 1920's were located |
| Toxic waste | Poisonous by-product of chemical production |
| Public transportation | Did NOT experience a reform in Texas between 1880 and 1920 |
| Alcohol | Banned from sale during the prohibiton movement |
| Nineteenth Amendment | Gave women the right to vote in the US |
| Governor Hogg | Established the Texas Railroad Commision to oversee all railroad operations |
| Populist Party | Made up mostly of farmers and ranchers |
| Galveston | Hit by a distructive hurricane in 1900 |
| Progressive Movement | Companies were banned from issuing company scrip instead of money for wages |
| Gusher | Were exciting because they were a large well that held promise of wealth |
| Lumber | Major natural resource before oil |
| Texas State Budgets | Vary from department to department |
| Sharecropping | Cycle causes sharecroppers to get into debt, leading them to poverty |
| Cotton | Became a cash crop due to soil, railroads, and credits |
| Women's Rights Movements | Juarez, Fry, McCallum, and Cunningham were instrumental |
| Cattle Industry | Grew due to railroads, windmills, steel plow, and cotton production |
| Fines and fees | Provide more than 50% of Texas's revenues |
| Modern Manufacturing | Came slow to Texas because coal was cheap and plentiful |
