Before European Contact

• Modern DNA Studies and the Native Americans
• Midland Minnie
• Into the Western Hemisphere
• The Paleo-Indian Culture
• The Archaic Age
• The Woodland Era and the Agricultural Revolution
• The Mississippi Cultural Tradition
• The Historic Era
• The Caddos and the Wichitas
• The Atakapas and the Bidais
• The Karankawas and the Coahuiltecans
• The Jumanos
• The Plains Indians
• Myth & Legend—The First Texans: The Debate Continues
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Spanish Invasion of Texas, 1519-1821

• Early Spanish Exploration Of Texas
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and Hernando De Soto
• French Interlopers and New Spain’s Response
• A New French Threat
• Continuing Spanish Colonization: Expansion, New Institutions, And Retraction
• Economic Developments and Demographics in Frontier Texas
• Urban Development
• The Last Years of Spanish Control
• The Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821)
• American Filibusters
• Myth & Legend—The Lady in Blue
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Mexican Texas, 1821-1835

• The Austins
• The Federalist Victory and the Emergence of Guadalupe Victoria
• Empresarios, American Settlers, and Tejanos
• Republic of Fredonia
• The American Immigration Issue
• The Centralist Return and the Undeclared Texas Revolution
• Return of the Federalists
• The People of Mexican Texas
• Santa Anna’s Coup
• Myth & Legend—Multiculturalism in Early Texas
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Texas Revolution (October 1, 1835-April 21, 1836)

• Causes of the Revolution: An Interpretive Nightmare
• The People’s Revolutionary Army
• Winning the Fight
• Santa Anna’s Invasion of Texas
• “Remember the Alamo!” “Remember Goliad!”
• Houston’s Retreat and the Runaway Scrape
• On to San Jacinto
• Formation of the Texas Republic
• Myth & Legend—The Yellow Rose of Texas
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Birth of a New Republic, 1836-1845

• Problems with the Republic
• The Provincial Government of the Republic of Texas
• Houston’s First Administration
• Lamar’s Administration
• Houston’s Second Administration
• Annexation to the United States
• Myth & Legend—The Legend of Sam Houston: His True Intentions for Texas
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The 28th State in the Union, 1845-1861

• Problems with Statehood
• New Mexico-Texas Boundary Dispute and the Compromise of 1850
• Advantages of Statehood
• Ethnic Groups and Slaves in Texas
• Social Classes
• Texas Social and Cultural Life
• Texas Politics in the 1850s
• Texas Secession
• Myth & Legend—Slavery as a Benevolent Institution
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Texas During the Civil War, 1861-1865

• Initial Actions of Texans
• Why Did They Fight
• Preparation for War
• Fighting East of the Mississippi River
• The Invasion of New Mexico
• Fighting in the Trans-Mississippi Theater
• Desertion and the Last Battle of the Civil War
• The Texas Home Front
• Texas Women During the War
• Internal Dissent
• Defending the Frontier
• The End of the War
• Myth & Legend—Divided Loyalties: Texans and the Confederacy
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Reconstruction in Texas: The Unfinished Civil War, 1865-1874

• Presidential Reconstruction
• The Arrival of Federal Troops
• The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
• The Provisional Government
• Congressional Reconstruction
• Constitutional Convention of 1868-1869
• Violence and Guerilla Warfare
• Governor Edmund J. Davis and the Republican State Government
• The End of Republican Government in Texas
• How Should We Remember the Reconstruction Era?
• Myth & Legend—Texas Under the Terrible Carpetbaggers
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Economic and Political Reforms, 1874-1890

• Railroad Development and Its Impact on Texans
• Other Leading Industries
• Labor Unions
• Agriculture: The Mainstay of the Economy
• Texas Ranches and Ranchers—the Cattle Industry
• Democratic Reign in State Politics
• Agrarian Organizations and Challenges to Democratic Hegemony
• Conclusions
• Myth & Legend—African Americans and Voting in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Populist Movement, 1890-1900

• Foundations of the People’s Party
• Governor Hogg and the Democratic Response to Populism
• The Elections of 1892: A Promising Start
• The Elections of 1894: Sustained Hopes
• The Elections of 1896: The Final Curtain Call
• Populist Women
• The End of the Movement
• Myth & Legend—Women’s Political Participation in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Society and Culture, 1874-1900

• Population Demographics
• Living and Working Conditions
• Urban Growth
• Health
• Entertainment
• Religion
• Education
• Women
• Lawlessness and the Texas Rangers
• The Final Destruction of the Plains Indians
• The Trials and Tribulations of African Americans
• Mexican Americans and European Immigrants
• Literature and the Arts
• Conclusion
• Myth & Legend-—African-American Landownership in Texas During the Decades Following the Civil War
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Progressive Era and World War I, 1900-1919

• Texas: Population and Economic Demographics
• Urban Growth and the Galveston Plan
• Texas Politics: Early Progressive Era
• Texas and World War I
• Women and the Vote
• Minorities and the Progressive Movement
• The Drive for Prohibition
• Myth & Legend—A Strange Tale from the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Rise of Urbanization, Expanding Opportunities, and the Invisible Empire, 1920-1929

• Economic Developments: Industry and Agriculture
• Farm Women
• Tejanos
• African Americans
• The Growing Cities and Urbanization
• The “Invisible Empire” Appears in Texas
• Klan Violence and Reaction
• Governor Pat Neff
• The Klan Enters Politics
• The Klan Seeks the Governorship
• Governor Miriam Ferguson
• Governor Dan Moody
• Myth & Legend-—The 1920s as the “Roaring Twenties”
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929-1940

• Arrival of the Great Depression
• Governor Ross Sterling
• The East Texas Oil Boom
• The “Cotton Holiday” Plan
• The Return of the Fergusons
• Texas Influence on the New Deal
• Immediate Relief Efforts
• Work Relief
• A New Deal for Youth
• Agricultural Recovery
• Agricultural Aid and Reform
• Industry and Labor
• State and National Politics
• Evaluation of the New Deal
• Myth & Legend—The New Deal as Socialism Forced Upon Reluctant Texans
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

World War II and Texas, 1941-1945

• The Roots of War
• Synopsis of the War
• Texas Military Installations
• Texans in Uniform
• Wartime Voluntarism
• The Texas Wartime Economy
• Wartime Politics
• The “Greatest Generation” Returns Home
• Myth & Legend—Texan Doris Miller Shot Down Numerous Japanese Planes During Pearl Harbor Raid
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

On the Threshold of Modernization, 1945-1959

• Postwar Manufacturing
• Changes in Agriculture
• Postwar Urbanization and Suburbanization
• Tejano Civil Rights Activism during the 1950s
• African American Civil Rights Activism during the 1950s
• Texas Politics during the Beauford Jester Years
• Governor Allan Shivers
• Politics during the Late-1950s
• Into the 1960s
• Myth & Legend—Lyndon Johnson Stole the 1948 Democratic Party Nomination for a U.S. Senate Seat from Coke Stevenson
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Turbulent Decade: Reform and Reaction, 1960-1972

• Early 1960s Texas Politics
• Early 1960s Civil Rights Activism
• The Kennedy Assassination
• Johnson’s Great Society and the Vietnam War
• Black Political Gains and Late-1960s Activism
• Tejano Activism during the 1960s
• Governor Connally and Late-1960s State Politics
• Myth & Legend—Members of a Vast Conspiracy Killed President John Kennedy in Dallas
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

A Transitional Decade, 1972-1979

• Prelude: Tom Landry—Texas Sports Icon
• The Sharpstown Scandal
• Texans and Watergate
• Post-Sharpstown Politics
• Constitutional Convention
• La Raza Unida Party
• Women’s Rights and Political Representation
• Oil Growth in the 1970s
• Growth of New Industries
• Ranching and Farming
• Texas in Literature, Television, and Film
• The Influence of Texas Musicians
• The Rise of Major League Sports in Texas
• A Decade in Transition
• Afterward: Tom Landry Finally Wins the “Big One”—and Many More

• Myth & Legend—Myth of the Citizen-Legislator
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Complex Times, 1980-1994

• Prelude: The Waco Siege
• Texas and National Politics
• 1980s State Politics: White, Clements, and Education Reform
• Ann Richards and Early 1990s State Politics
• Decline in the Oil Industry
• The North American Free Trade Agreement
• Post-Cold War Base Closures
• The Growing Tech Industry
• Environmental Issues
• The Death of the SWC and the Ongoing Allure of Texas Football
• Two Texas Tragedies—Stevie Ray Vaughan and Selena
• The Emergence of a New Texas
• Aftermath: Apocalypse in Waco

• Myth & Legend—Myth of the Oil Industry
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

The Dawn of a New Century, 1995-2013

• Prelude: A Terrorist Attack in Texas
• Politics During the Bush Years
• Early Twenty-first Century Texas Politics
• Public Transportation and Infrastructure
• A Home for High-Tech Industries
• The Enron Scandal
• Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment
• Education
• Criminal Justice Issues
• Mixing of Cultures
• Immigration
• A Series of Catastrophes
• Harder Economic Times
• Aftermath: The War Abroad Hits Home

• Myth & Legend—Myth of the Cowboy Culture
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Identification
  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Matching
  • Essay Questions

Appendix I

Appendix II

Index