Timeline Assignment

By hannahlampman

  • "The Great Hurricane"

    "The Great Hurricane"
    On the brink of the 20th century, the "Great Hurricane," the greatest natural disaster in human terms ever to strike North America, destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there.

  • Spindletop

    Spindletop
    Jan. 10 – A gusher drilled by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age.

  • US Joins Civil War

    US Joins Civil War
    The United States participated in World War I from 1917 to 1918.

  • Texas Women can Vote!

    Texas Women can Vote!
    March – Texas women win the right to vote in primary elections.

  • Invention of Irrigation

    Invention of Irrigation
    Large-scale agricultural irrigation begins in the High Plains.

  • "Ma" Ferguson

    "Ma" Ferguson
    Miriam "Ma" Ferguson becomes Texas' first woman governor, serving as a figurehead for her husband, former Gov. James E. Ferguson.

  • Explosion at London Consolidated

    Explosion at London Consolidated
    March 18 – A massive explosion, blamed on a natural gas leak beneath the London Consolidated School building in Rusk County, kills an estimated 296 students and teachers. Subsequent deaths of people injured in the explosion bring the death count to 311. As a result, the Legislature requires that a malodorant be added to the odorless gas so that leaks can be more easily detected.

  • US enters WW2

    US enters WW2
    The United States participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945.

  • African Americans can now vote!

    African Americans can now vote!
    April 3 – U.S. Supreme Court rules blacks could not be barred from voting in the Texas Democratic primary.

  • Texas Born Eisenhower becomes president

    Texas Born Eisenhower becomes president
    Jan. 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first Texas-born President of the United States.

  • Henry B. Gonzales

    Henry B. Gonzales
    Nov. 6 – Henry B. Gonzalez of San Antonio became the first Hispanic elected to the state Senate since 1848 when Jóse Antonio Navarro, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, served.

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Assassinated
    Nov. 22 – President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas; vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds to the office, becoming the 36th U.S. president.

  • Desegregation of Texas Schools

    Desegregation of Texas Schools
    November — Federal Judge William Wayne Justice of Tyler orders the Texas Education Agency to assume responsibility for desegregating public schools and to prohibit districts from assigning students to schools based on race.

  • George W. Bush is President

    George W. Bush is President
    Nov. 8 – Houstonian George H.W. Bush is elected president of the United States.

  • Texas Born First Women U.S Senator is elected

    Texas Born First Women U.S Senator is elected
    June 14 – Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison becomes the first woman to serve as U.S. Senator from Texas.

  • Bush is Re-elected as US President

    Bush is Re-elected as US President
    Nov. 7 – Texas Gov. George W. Bush is elected president of the United States.