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June 19,1865- The day slaves were freed in Texas. Today this is called Juneteenth.
ReplyDeleteOn this day Union soliders commanded by Major Gordon Granger came to Texas to declare that the slaves were freed. This was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Texas did not accept the fact about the Procamation until Confederate General Robert surrendered, the Gordon can to declare the slaves free after the surrender. It took Texas two and a half years until they accepted the fact that they lost and the slaves being freed.
http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm
Texas was formaaly readmitted to the Union in 1870
ReplyDeleteMarch 30 1870
On this day in 1870, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act that ended Congressional Reconstruction and readmitted Texas to the Union. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Texas had been in turmoil, first under Presidential Reconstruction and then, beginning in 1867 with the passage of the First Reconstruction Act, under Congressional Reconstruction. The latter required that Texas have a constitutional convention, with delegates elected by all male citizens over the age of twenty-one, regardless of race, color, or "previous condition of servitude."
http://www.tshaonline.org/day-by-day/31395
1861- Sam Houston resigned/ was removed as governor
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln told Governor Houston quoted, "I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of state rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union." Sam Houston basically insulted all of the people who voted to secede and was very angry at the time of his resignment.
www.graceproducts.com/houston/life.html
He actually resigned in 1863...
DeleteCotton production increased after the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteBecause the Union and Confedercay were no longer fighting, they could resume growing and selling. The Union needed cotton, and the Confederacy needed to sell all of the cotton.
Pg. 1 of the study guide.
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http://www.civilwarhome.com/kingcotton.htm
DeleteJames Stephen Hogg- Set up the Texas Railroad Commission. Was a governor of Texas during the late 1800s.
ReplyDeleteWhile he was governor during 1891-1895, he did a lot to strengthen respect of law enforcement for the public. He had created the "Hogg Laws" which are five pieces of legislation. His friends say that he could've easily become a United States Senator during 1896, but he wanted to return to private practice. He was a good part in our government.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho17
1) James Stephen Hogg-Set up the Texas Railroad Dommission. Was a governor of Texas during the late 1800s.
Delete2)While helping the sheriff at Quitman, Hogg earned the enmity of a group of outlaws, who lured him over the county line, ambushed him, and shot him in the back. He recovered and turned again to newspaper work in Tyler, after which he ran his own papers in Longview and Quitman from 1871 to 1873, fighting subsidies to railroads, the corruption of the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and local lawlessness.
3)http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho17
1)States rights was a MAJOR cause of the Civil War-Southern states believed they should be able to make their own decisions,and should basically be left alone.This was especially the case with slavery.
ReplyDelete2) A debate over which powers rightly belonged to states or to the federal government. Tensions began to heat up again in 1850s throughout towards the 1860s, fueled a issue to whether or not slavery should be allowed in the new territories towards the west to expand.
3)http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/statesrights.html
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1) German Immigrants-A large portion of Germans came to Texas and settled in the Central Texas region in search of land.
ReplyDelete2)In February 1832 Ernst wrote a long letter to a friend in Germany describing Texas in glowing language. This letter appears to have been circulated widely in Germany and to have encouraged others to immigrate. Ernst became well known as a benefactor to new emigrants from his homeland: his house served as a hotel and a boardinghouse for travelers, and he even assisted new settlers financially. He acquired the nickname "father of the immigrants."
"[The soil] is so rich it never needs manure...The weather hinders the field work only a couple of days in a whole month; it is always fair skies and sunshine. One sees bees and butterflies the whole year through; birds sings in the bushes...and the cattle seek their fodder for themselves in winter as in summer..."
3) http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fer06
German Immigrants- a large portion of Germans came to Texas and settled in the Central Texas region in search of land.
Delete1)As early as 1850, they constituted more than 5 percent of the total Texas population, a proportion that remained constant through the remainder of the nineteenth century
2) A majority settled in a broad, fragmented belt across the south central part of the state. This belt stretched from Galveston and Houston on the east to Kerville, Mason, and Hondo in the west; from the fertile, humid Coastal Plain to the semiarid Hill Country
3)In the late 1830s German immigration to Texas was widely publicized in the Fatherland. The publicity attracted a group of petty noblemen who envisioned a project to colonize German peasants in Texas.
4)Most of the German immigrant clusters came from west central Germany, particularly Nassau, southern Hanover, Brunswick, Hesse, and western Thuringia
I found this information at....
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/png02
1. June 19, 1865- The day slaves were freed in Texas. Today this is called Juneteenth.
ReplyDelete2.In 1979 Juneteenth was declared an official state holiday.(Found in Texas History book Pg.325)
A new constitution was drafted in 1876, the same document we use today.
ReplyDelete1)this was the 6th constitution Texas has governed by since independence from Mexico(1836).
2)it was adopted on February 15th 1876 by a vote of 136,606 [pass] to 56,652[vetoed], and remains the basic organic law of Texas.
1 and 2 are found on http://www.tshonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mhc07
3) the following amendments are found in section 1 of the constitution of 1876:freedom of sovereignty of state. Inherent political power and republican form of government. equal rights. equality under the law irrespective of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin. Prohibition against religious tests as a requirement for public office. Witness oaths and affirmations. Freedom of worship, speech, and press. No unreasonable searches or seizures. Rights of criminally accused. Bail. Multiple convictions and denial of bail. And then there are some more lots more.
3 is found on http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/pubsconamend/constamend1876.pdf
Quanah Parker- son of an American captured by the Comanche tribe, eventually becoming the last Comanche Chief. His mother Cynthia Ann Parker.
ReplyDelete1)Quanah Parker is he son of Peta Nocano and Cynthis Ann Parker. He was born around 1845. Quanah said he was born on Elk Creek south of the Withita Mountains in what is now Oklahoma but a Centennal Marker claims he was born on Cedar Lake southeast of Seminal, Texas in Gains County. He was truly a man of two worlds. Quanah Parker was the last chief of the Quahada Comanche Tribe. Quanah Parkers last year was 1911.
Website:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpa28
1.The final battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas, at Palmito Ranch.
ReplyDelete2. This skirmish occured on May 13, 1865. Robert E. Lee had already surrendered on July 30, 1864. Both sides had not gotten the news that he surrendered. Even though the confederates won, they had already lost the Civil War. Page 313 out of the Texas history book.
The battle was faught on May 12, 1865. And the confederate forces was under the command of John S."Rip". Although the confederates won the battle at Palmito Ranch, they had already lost the war.
DeletePages 312 and 313 in the text book
Barbed wire and cattle stomping down fields and fences led to the end of cattle drives.
ReplyDeleteJoeseph F. Glidden designed barbed wire to keep stray dogs out of his wife's garden. this was much better than rock walls and normal wire fences, due to the fact that almost any determined bovine could break through both of these. After creation by Glidden, A salesman named John W. Gates convinced the farmers and ranchers in the area that barbed wire could make a cow thnk: "HEY! That hurt! I'm going to stay away!"
The powerpoint that you presented yesterday & today, plus the book (pg. 374) assisted me in my post
The barbed wire also led to blocked cattle trails, which ended cattle trails. However, this also caused tension and almost put Texas at war with itself.
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State Board of Education- These are the good folks responsible for you getting to take fun tests like the STARR. The State Board of Education has 15 members.
ReplyDeleteWebsite?
DeleteThe Texas Education Agency is a branch of the state government of Texas responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in Downtown Austin.It was founded in 1949.
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DeleteCommissioner of Education Michael L. Williams Announced that the Texas Education Agency will not assign accreditation statuses to the more than 1,200 independant school districts and charter schools for the 2012-2013 school year.
Deletehttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/news_release.aspx?id=2147512037
The Chisholm Trail- 1867-1884
ReplyDeleteThe trail got its name from trader Jesse Chisholm. He is part Cherokee and built a trading post in what is now Western Oklahoma.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CH045.html
1920-1935- Progressive Era
ReplyDeleteIn the 1890s, the belief that americans should avoid getting involved with other countries was slowly fading. Because of its rapid, economic, and social growth, the U.S. had become a major world power. So when Cuban rebels began a violent revolution against spanish rule in 1895, and a mysterious explosion sunk the U.S.S Maine in Havana harbor, the U.S. entered into what diplomat John Hay called "a splended little war",with Spain. Although the Spanish American War relatively ended, issues over of the Phillippines, Puerto Rico, and the Hiwaiian islands also had to be resolved.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_subj.html
1)Quanah Parker-Son of an American captured by the Comanche tribe, eventually becoming the last Comanche Chief. His mother was Cynthia Ann Parker.
ReplyDelete2) Even though his mother was white and his father was a Indian chief, he was excepted into the tribe. He lived his life in the tribe and eventually became a chief himself.His mother,Cynthia Ann Parker, was recaptured and taken out of the tribe away from her husband and children by the Texas Rangers that were ordered by her own white family.
3)http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Quanah_Parker.aspx
The Goodnight Loving Trail: was a drive in the late 1860s for cattle drives mainly for Texas longhorns. Named after Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. It ran from Fort Belknap, Texas, into New Mexico and to Fort Sumner. One of the best trails from 1846 and 1886.
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DeleteReview definition: Separation of powers-three branches of government
ReplyDeleteMy additional information: The three branches of the government are the Judicial, Executive, & Legislative. They balance the power & check each other to make sure no branch has too much power. (I don't have a source, this came from me)
You must cite a source either in the textbook or online for the post to be complete.
DeleteI understand that you are highly intelligent and absorbed this information from your wonderful teacher, but find a source to cite as well! ;)
Many Native Americans were moved on to reservations after the Civil War to make room for white settlers pushing West- They tended to deal with their environments much better than other groups- ex. Comanches becoming gifted horse riders in the flat lands of the West.
ReplyDeleteThe Indians used the buffalo to keep warm by using their hide and used every other part of it for survival.
http://www.allabouthistory.org/native-american-history.htm
The end of the Civil War Brought many people to settle in texas. In the early 1860's, the population grew from 31 to 38 million by 1870. Most of the population growth came from the european immigrants. By the year 1870 between atleast 14 and 15 percent were born from foreign immigrant parents.
ReplyDeleteThe railroads were invented which also had a huge impact on the population growth. http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h46-am.htm
The High Demand of cotton was also a major contributer to the population growth and immigration.
Deletehttp://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npl01
The Texas Constitution include a Bill of Rights that is very similar to the US Bill of rights.It includes basic freedoms such as freedom of speech, religion, press, along with the right to bear arms, trial by jury, and search and seizure.While the Texas bill of rights is similar there are some differences such as the Texas bill has 467 amendments while the US only has 27.The Texas bill only protect its own people while the US protects all American citizen
ReplyDeletePage 573 in the text book and also the notes we took over the comparison between the Texas Constitution and the US Constitution
1. Buffalo soldiers were african american regiments during the Cvil War.
ReplyDelete2. The soldiers were responsible for escorting settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews. the soldiers bravery and looks on the battlefeild insired the Indians to give them the name. the Indians believed that their nmae for the soldiers symbolized the Native American's respect for the soldiers. Down through the years it is said that the Buffalo Soldiers have worn their name with pride and joy.
3.http://www.louisdiggs.com/buffalo/history.html
Shawnee trail 1846-1879. 2.The Shawnee Trail was the first major route used by the cattle trailing industry to deliver longhorns to the markets of the Midwest. Longhorns were collected around San Antonio, Texas, and taken northward through Austin, Waco, and Dallas, crossing the Red River near Preston, Texas, at Rock Bluff. Here the outcroppings that provide the place name formed a natural chute that forced the cattle together at the ford, and a gradual rise on the north bank made it easy to exit the river. North of the Red River the trail divided for a time, coming together near Boggy Depot in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Here some herds veered sharply eastward to pass through Fort Smith, Arkansas. The main trail led to the Canadian River directly below the confluence of the north and south branches and forded the Arkansas River between the mouths of the Verdigris and Neosho rivers, and followed the Neosho past Fort Gibson almost to the Kansas border. The trail then subdivided into various routes which, depending on the final destination led to one of the following: Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Westport, Kansas City, Sedalia, and St. Louis, Missouri.http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SH015.html 3. URL:
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ReplyDelete1) James Stephen Hogg-set up the Texas Railroad Commision. Was govenor of Texas during the late 1800s.
2) Was born in Rusk, Texas. In 1878 he held his first public office when he was elected an attorney near Wood County. He easily won the Democratic nomination for governor in the 1890s.He sponsered anti-trust legislation and helped establish the powerful Railroad Commision during his tenure as govenor. Their daughter Miss Ima became well known as a philanthropist throughout her long life in texas. He died March 6 the same day as my birthday.Just a cool fact.
Western Trail (1874-1893)
ReplyDeleteThis trail was used a lot in 1874 by ranchers such as John T. Little who herded 3,500 cattle using it. The use of this trail slowed down when the Texas fever and barbed wire came along.
This trail is sometimes called Dodge Trail or Fort Griffin Trail.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ayw02
Western Trail (1874-1893)
DeleteCorwin Doan opened a trading post on the Red River in 1978. Since the Western Trail was on llano River meeting the Red River, Corwin Doan maintained a detailed account of the herds moving north. The establishment was so useful and popular in 1881 that more than three hundred thousand Longhorns passed that area in that one year.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GR019.html
Interesting fact Shea and Montavia, but let me add on to that. The Western Trail was one of the big trails going up north in 1879. It ran along the southern edge of Texas up north to Dodge City, Kansas. It also ran through two other trails the Matamoros Trail in Castroville, Oklahoma and the Old Trail which was in Santhers, Missouri. I got my information from : http://www.tshonline.org/handbook/articles/ayw02
Delete1) Federalism- We have federal and state governments that work together.
ReplyDelete2 Texans bacame subject to the Constitution of the United States, which is based on Federalism. Under federalism, the Constitution of the U.S. tells what powers belong to the federal government. It sets out the structure of the federal government and details the limits of power for both the federal and state governments. The Texas Constitution defines the role of our state government and lays out the rights and responsibilities of Texas citizens. The Texas Consitution is the highest law of our state. It is subject only to the Constitution of the United States and federal laws.
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Review: Buffalo Soldiers were African American regiments during the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteMy Information:Buffalo Soldiers played a huge role in winning the Civil War. However, at first they weren't allowed to fight on either side of the war. Eventually, the Union finally let them fight even though they were paid, no matter what rank they were, less than the lowest ranked white man. Buffalo Soldiers fought well in the war and made a huge impact for the Union. Near the end, the Confederacy finally let them fight but it was way to late for anyone to help them. It is said that if the Confederacy would've acted sooner, they might have won the war but thanks to the Buffalo Soldiers, the Union won the last battle in Brownsville, Texas.
URL:http://buffalos.tripod.com/history.htm
the goodnight loving trail was 2000 miles long and strecthed from wyoming to texas. this was a dangerous trail beacuse it passed through indian land
ReplyDeletehttp://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-goodnight-lovingtrail.html
The trail was first used when Goodnight, a former Texas Ranger and Indian Scout met pioneer cowboy, Oliver Loving sometime after the Civil War. At this time, the cattle markets were inadequate for the available cattle and the two wanted to capitalize on the need for cattle at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where some 8,000 Indians had been settled on a reservation.
DeleteThe drive would be a dangerous one, traveling across hostile Indian country, but the pair, with their combined skills, were dedicated and in June, 1866, they set out with some 2,000 head of cattle and 18 riders to blaze what would become known as the Goodnight-Loving Trail. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-mainpage.html
Checks and Balances-keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
ReplyDelete1.The Legislative branch of government makes and votes on a bill.
2.Then,the bill goes to the Executive branch where the bill is passed to the President.If he signs it, it will become a law. If he does not sign it, the law will not be passed which is called a veto.
3.If this happens, The Legaslative branch can pass the law by taking it to court where it will be debated if this law should pass.
4. If it does pass, then it has to pass through the Judicial branch of government.
5.If it does pass through the Judicial, Legislative, and the Executive branches of government, it becomes a law.
My Website:http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777009.html
4th 6 weeks information-June 19, 1865- The day slaves were freed in Texas. Today this is called Juneteenth.
ReplyDeleteMy information-Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration for the ending of slavery in Texas ( United States).
(http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm)"In 1865 it was on June 19th that the Union Soldiers led by Major General Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were free."
Review Information: 1519 Pineda maps the coast of Texas My Information: He also proved that Florida was not a island.
ReplyDeleteWebsite or textbook page?
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/888942/Goodnight-Loving-Trail.
DeleteThe trail was established in 1866 by Charles Goodnight an Oliver Loveing who followed a route to Butterfiled Overland Mail . They joined there herds and followed that trail and came to railroads on the other side.
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ReplyDelete1519-Pineda maps the Texas coast
ReplyDelete1528-1536-Spanish and French explore Texas
1718-San Antonio is funded
1821-Mexican Independence from spaon
1836-1845-Republic of Texas
1845-Texas Statehood
1850s-Era of cattle drives
1861-1865-Civil War
1876-Texas constitution writer
The additional infomation I would LOVE to add is-Reconstructon from 1865-1876.(notes on Reconstuction)
And that in 1863 the Emancipation Proclomation freed slaves.(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549.html):)
Barbed wire and cattle stomping down fields and fences led to the end of cattle drives.
ReplyDeleteThe end of the open range happened in the late 1880s. Homesteaders plowed up the prairie and put up barbed wire, invented by Joseph Glidden in 1873. Ranchers also fenced off huge areas of land for themselves.
http://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/cattle-frontiers-and-farming/
Shawnee Trail- 1846-1879 Shawnee Trail Of the principal routes by which Texas longhorn cattle were taken afoot to railheads to the north, the earliest and easternmost was the Shawnee Trail.Used before and just after the Civil War, the Shawnee Trail gathered cattle from east and west of its main stem, which passed through Austin, Waco, and Dallas. http://www.theshawneetrail.com/
ReplyDeleteJames Hogg.
ReplyDeleteElected in 1890 for his views on railroads.
He though that some buisnesses evenrailroads werentrespecting Texas Laws.
Born near Ruff, Texas in 1851. Hogg led the fight for reform of larger companys.
Highly supported by farmers and ranchers because tey didnt have to travel to send their stuff to market.
Textbook.
I emailed you yesterday to post the page number please.
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The final battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas, at Palmito Ranch. The Union forces blocked the ports to make the Texans find another way to get the cotton to their ports to be shipped.
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1) Buffalo soldiers were African American regiments during the Civil War.
ReplyDelete2) Buffalo soldiers earned a reputation for bravery and service. The 9th and 10th regiments had the lowest desertion rates of any of the Cavalry units in the West. Between 1870 and 1898, 23 black soldiers earned the Medal of Honor.
http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/news_room/2011/january/24nhtic2.html
1) Many Native Americans were moved on to reservations after the Civil War to make room for white settlers pushing West- They tended to deal with their enviroments much better than other groups- ex. Comanches becoming gifted horse riders in the flat lands of the West.
ReplyDelete2) The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek established a 3-million-acre reservation located in Indian Territory. pg 350
1) Cotton production increased after the Civil War
ReplyDelete2) pg. 392 There was a lot of cotton in Texas after the Civil War. Everyone had to help out. No kids could go to school until planting season was over.
1) Both the US government and Texas governments have Supreme Courts. They both have the power to declare laws unconstitutional that they do not agree with.
ReplyDelete2) Both are comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices. http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ AND http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFederalCourts/SupremeCourt.aspx
1.San Antonio was founded on May 1st, 1718 as mission named San Antonio de Valero
ReplyDelete2.The mission later held a big battle called the Battle of the Alamo. The highest profile battle in the Texas Revolution
3.page 123 in the Texas History Book
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