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The finds in North Texas, beginning with the 1917 strike in the Ranger Oil Boom west of Dallas-Fort Worth, were particularly significant, bringing substantial industrialization to the area and contributing to the war effort during World War I. [39] [40] Texas soon became dominant as the nation's leading oil producer. By 1940, Texas production ...
Civil War Texas: A History and a Guide. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-171-1. Wooster Ralph A. (2015). Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-1-62511-025-1. Wooster Ralph A. (1995). Texas and Texans in the Civil War. Eakin Press. ISBN 1-57168-042-X.
The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact of the war. The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large Union Army and Union Navy. [1]
As a part of the Sun Belt Texas experienced strong economic growth, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s. [191] Texas's economy diversified, lessening its reliance on the petroleum industry. [191] By 1990, Hispanics overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state. [191]
Texas was a prime location for agricultural immigration, due to its numerous rivers and rich soil. [14] Due to high amounts of immigration, the settled population of Texas rose to nearly 147,000 in 1847. [14] The settled population eventually rose to 600,000 in 1860. [14] San Antonio became one of the largest cities in Texas during this time. [15]
Donald Trump Jr. last month waded in to back Cook, blasting “so-called Republicans cutting a deal with liberal Democrats to elect a speaker instead of uniting behind the Republican nominee.”
The government is on alert ahead of the 2022 midterms. Experts say the possibility of the political climate igniting a civil war is remote — but not off the table.
The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large army and navy. [119] The Republicans in Washington had a Whiggish vision of an industrial nation, with great cities, efficient factories, productive farms, all national banks, all knit together by a modern railroad system, to be mobilized by the United States ...