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Galveston Storm
The galveston storm was very damaging and dangerous. The storm had winds of about 145 miles per hour. This made it a category four storm. It had a death toll of 6,000- 12,000 individuals. This was ranked first in most deadliest. It was ranked second in the most damaged hurricane with 99.4 billion. -
Spindletop
The spindle top gusher happened when texas had an oil boom. Spindletop was located near Beaumont, Texas. Andrew Lucas was adding new equipment and the oil spit out covering the floor. This was the first major gusher in the texas oil boom. The gusher blew over 150 feet. -
18th Ammendment
The eighteenth ammendment declared the prohibition of alcholic beverages in the United States by decaring the production, transport and sale of alchol illegal. -
19th Ammendment
This gave women the right to vote. It was very exciting for women it made them feel they were just as good as men. It made voting equal between gender. -
First Governer Of Texas
The first governer of texas was Miriam A. Fergusosn. She was the first lady of texas and then ran for govener of texas in 1924. She server two terms of two years. -
Great Depression & Dust Bowl
This event was during the 1930's. Soil turned to dust and large dark clouds could be seen across the horizon in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico. Topsoil was carried by the ton from barren fields, across hundreds of miles of Plains in the driest regions of the country.The agricultural depression was a major factor in the Great Depression, as bank loans went bad, credit dried up, and banks. closed across the country. -
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World War Two
This war was seperated into two allies, the allies and the axis.This was known as the most widespread war ever. Over 100 million people serving from more that 30 countries. -
Sweatt v. Painter
The Sweatt v. Painter was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
This was a case in which court declared state laws establishing The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was between Anti- Communist and Communist countries. The total dead for Anti- Communist is 430,538,714,564 and over one million wounded. The communists had 4,514,621,166,462 fatalities and over 600,00 wounded. -
Presidential Election
This election was between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. The canidate needed to make at least 269 electoral votes which made John F. Kennedy the president. John F. Kennedy was republican while Richard Nixon was democratic. John F. Kennedy was with the northeast states while Richard with most of the northwest states. This election was very close. -
Henry B. Gonzales Elected to US Congress
In January Henry ran for congress he won the election and November fourth he became congressman.He represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999. -
Assassination in Dallas
John F. Kennedy was assassinatied by Lee Harvey Oswald. He was murdered when he was traveling with his wife in Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas at 12:30 P.M. He also wounded two other passengers in the limosuine which were only minor. In the limosuine the passengers included JFK himself, the first lad, the governor at the time and his wife. He died in 1963 only letting him serve three years of his first term. -
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Civil Rights Act & Voting RIghts Act
The Civil Rights Act outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.It ended unequal application of racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. The Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. -
Barbara Jordan Elected to US Congress
In March, 1972, Senator Jordan was unanimously elected president pro tempore. In June of that year, she was honored by being named Governor for a Day. Shortly, thereafter she decided to run for Congress and was elected, in Nov. 1972, from the newly drawn Eighteenth Congressional District in Houston. -
First Republican Governor of TX since 1870's
Bill Clements was the fourty-fourth governor of Texas. He was the first republican governor since the 1870's in Texas. -
VP George Bush Reagan administation
He was the fourty-third vice president. He served as vice president while Ronald Reagan was in office as president. -
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George Bush as President
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Operation Desert Storm
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Govener Rick Perry
He is the 47th governor and current governor for Texas. He is also in the Republican party. He is now finishing up his third term as governor. -
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George W. Bush as President
George W. Bush was the fourty third president of the United States. He served two terms as president. George was in the republican party. -
9/11 terrorist attack
Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, of the World Trade Centers. Within two hours the two towers collapsed with a lot of debris.
