Test 3 Flashcards
After the civil
- Population in Texas continued to grow
- 200% increase in German- Texan population
- 1947 Spanish American population exceeds African American population
- Percent of Black population after war decreased in 1870 from 32% to 1890 to 22%
- Elimination of Indians fostered growth in Texas Cattle Lands
- Prior to civil war cattle valuable for hides rather than meat
Cattle
- Cattle would be led on trail before war
- After war, railroads transported meat and meat prices went up
Big Ranches in Texas
Charles Goodknightt had English partner investor
Madador Ranch Scottish investors
King Ranch Nueces Strip
XIT Ranch Organized by State of Tx
would use investment money (from british) to operate Ranch and build capital stretched 22 miles
By 1990s British investors wanted out of TX cattle business
Brahman Cattle
Experimented with in King Ranch
-Heat tolerant
Crossed to create santa Gertrudis
Barbed Wire
Invented in 1874
enabled ranchers to section off land and back off of wide open ranges
Fencing caused more work for lawyers and land surveying accuracy
Wind mills
Cowboys paid in kind after fencing had to be paid by wages
1890 no more cattle drives
Texas Rangers
Rangers were used as malita role/ law enforcement law
dissolved during civil war
when redeemers came back into power in 1870
Problems with rangers killing indians Mexicans and Blacks
Roy Bean
The law “west of the Pecos”
born in Kentucky but lived in San Antonio
Opened saloon and tent in work camps and courthouse
became justice of the peace in Langtry
In 1899 he staged world champion boxing match on mexican side of River be illegal in both but no way to get there from mexican side
“The Westerner” Icon in 1940s
New South
After Slavery
Modernization/urbanization
Black codes (kept populations from publicly active
Poll taxes literary test for voting
Racial experimentation ex: Police/eductation
legal segregation around 1905
1870 and 1890
Four fold increase on cotton in South
Advent of railroads caged the world enabled and opened farm production transportation markets
Lumber huge industry as well as flour profuction and mining
states were eager to attract railroad builders in tx they gave land grants
Railroads also enabled travel, culture events (FIRST BIG BUSINESS)
many family incomes relied on railroad income
no regulations on railroad which led to the first union fr workers
Texas major cash crop bc over production prices dropped putting more stress on farmers
Grange/granger Movement- fraternal organizations who lobbied against overpricing of rail transportation served as credit operation and social op 1877
