Urbanization of Texas
Published on Nov 20, 2015
Texas from Urban to Rural
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The urban importance of the railroad network that crisscrossed Texas was not just the starting of new towns and enhancement of others, but also the access it gave to people. The greatest decade of railroad building was the 1880s, when the number of Texas towns of 4,000 or larger increased from eleven to twenty.
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The urban importance of the railroad network that crisscrossed Texas was not just the starting of new towns and enhancement of others, but also the access it gave to people.
The urban importance of the railroad network that crisscrossed Texas was not just the starting of new towns and enhancement of others, but also the access it gave to people. The greatest decade of railroad building was the 1880s, when the number of Texas towns of 4,000 or larger increased from eleven to twenty.
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Thinking about railroads...
- Industries affected by railroads
- Changes to cities located near railroads
- New industries as a result of railroads
Oil and gas
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Petroleum began to displace agriculture as the principal engine driving the economy of the state, and Texans' lives were even more drastically affected than they had been by railroads.
Petroleum began to displace agriculture as the principal engine driving the economy of the state, and Texans' lives were even more drastically affected than they had been by railroads.
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Thinking about 0il and gas...
- Petrochemical Industry
- Development of transportation
- Texas skies and the world wars
Turn of the 20th century – Texas had a small manufacturing industry that provided what was needed in communities
World Wars – Increase in the manufacturing of products especially those created from natural resources like oil and gas, agricultural resources, cattle, goat, and sheep, etc.
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Thinking about manufactoring...
- Major industries before railroads
- Industries resulting from railroads
- Manufactoring affecting a community
Tens of thousands of Americans moved to one of the country's booming oil towns. Many of these migrants, lured by the promise of jobs and prosperity, found themselves unable to find work or housing.
Why?
Analyze the effects of scientific discoveries and innovations on the development of Texas.
You are an investigative reporter sent 20 years into the future...
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How can you compare the types and uses of technology past and present?
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