fought against each other: the Union North against the Confederate South. Though Texas was a new state in the US‚ many Texans risked their lives and took part in the long‚ bloody Civil War. Texans fought in the Civil War for many reasons. The main reasons so many Texans fought the Civil War was the issues over slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and loyalty to Texas. The first reason the Texans fought was slavery. According to Texas Joins The Confederacy‚ the South’s economy
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government‚ and social conditions. The Lost City of Atlantis was a real city that sank into the ocean in 9600 B.C. Plato’s records of the city‚ other scientists’ research‚ and the discovery of an underwater city a mile under the ocean all prove that this utopian society existed centuries ago. Plato describes the Lost City of Atlantis as a utopia‚ one that had a perfect republic and held the key to world peace. Atlantis was an extremely advanced city‚ with its amazing architecture and incredibly
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The novel The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown by Heather Green Wooten focuses on the rising epidemic of paralytic poliomyelitis‚ also known as polio. In response to the polio outbreak‚ Texas researchers thankfully made life-changing discoveries in virology‚ rehabilitative therapies‚ and in the modern intensive care unit. Wooten used substantial research and interviews that she conducted over a five-year time lapse with several Texan survivors of polio‚ as well as their families
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Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster‚ or the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the April 20‚ 2010‚ explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform
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Congress and the Texas Legislature: Session Length and Session Frequency The Legislature of the State of Texas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. The Legislature is arguably considered the most powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state
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operational funding that are being employed by Texas and surrounding states: Loans – Texas requires temporary cash. The state is supposed to look for loans that are provided at a lower rate of interest. The loans are offered at lower interest rate by the federal state. Most of the commercial banks typically are regularly indifferent of most of the nations unless an individual has a security for such loans when given. Grants- This source
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The state of Texas fails to provide the necessary health care services towards minorities because of its restrictive health care policies. The state of Texas has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the country. This ranks Texas in the 5th state with the most teenage pregnancies‚ according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (U.S. DHHS‚ 2014.) The public school system in the state of Texas focuses on teaching abstinence-only sex education programs. Because of this‚ the
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state of Texas is known as a low-tax state because of not having a “statewide personal income tax” (Yarbrough). This is a result of a conservative legislature with conservatives believing that having an income tax would “stifle the state’s economic success” (Batheja). Since Texas is mainly a Republican state‚ Republicans that support conservative ideals are the reason why a conservative legislature has been elected‚ leading to low taxes and little spending. Because of no income tax‚ Texas is viewed
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In recent decades‚ Texas seems to have been having a typically low election turnout rate in comparison to other parts of the country. The election turnout in Texas has remained fairly stable but is extremely low when compared to the rest of the United States. For example‚ in the 2012 presidential elections the Texas voters’ turnout was 41.9 percent. In other words‚ it was 13 percent below the rest of the nation. Also‚ during the year of 2012 Texas was ranked 50th having the lowest turnout rate of
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Dear editor‚ Ever wonder why earthquakes are caused? Why does water in certain areas smell or taste like a chemical gas? The most likely reason for both of these effects is fracking. Hydraulic fracturing‚ as known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside (Dong). According to many recent research studies fracking is very harmful to the environment and shouldn’t be done
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