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Texas History
TX important times
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When and where did the first major discovery of oil in Texas take place? | Spindletop, January 10, 1901 |
| Name three inventions of the late 19th and early 20th century that greatly changed life for Texans. | Telephone, electric power, automobile |
| Who was the first Democratic Texas governor after Reconstruction (elected 1874)? | Richard Coke |
| What Texas reform governor stood 6'3", weighed 250 pounds, and established the Texas Railroad Commission to oversee the operation of Texas railroads? | James Stephen Hogg |
| What Texas city was devastated by a huge hurricane on September 8, 1900 (the worst natural disaster in American history)? | Galveston |
| What did the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in Texas and the U.S. in 1919, outlaw? | Production and sale of alcoholic beverages |
| Who was the first and only Texas governor to be impeached and removed from office? | James "Pa" Ferguson |
| Who was Texas' first woman governor? | Miriam "Ma" Ferguson |
| What Texan became U.S. president in 1963 after JFK was assassinated in Dallas, and was later elected to a full term as president? | Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| What was the name of President Johnson's program to bring civil rights and a better society to all Americans? | The Great Society |
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