What impact did the evolving frontier and its eventual closing have on the culture of Texas?

Lesson 4 Discussion

After reading the lesson chapters, respond to the following questions:

1. What impact did the evolving frontier and its eventual closing have on the culture of Texas?

2. What role did Texas play in the Agrarian Revolt?

3. What about the state that allowed it to take a leadership role?

4. How did the frontier and rural areas influence the culture of Texas at the turn of the century?

Guidelines:

· Be specific in your details. Give examples.

· Use your own words. You can paraphrase briefly, but give credit where credit is due.

· Do not simply summarize the information but provide the analysis (explain why the information is important).

· Discuss any reflection you might have on what you learned.

· You are required to write a minimum of 200 words for your discussion answer and post a 100-word response to a fellow student.

· Do NOT submit anything as an attachment since some people cannot open certain formats. See the “Discussion Board Rubric” forum for further details.

· These recorded lecture videos cover information from the chapters listed in the lesson. Included are lecture outlines that you can use to take notes while you watch. To make access easier there are two links to the videos and lecture outlines. They contain the same videos and lecture outlines.

· Lecture 17: Postbellum Texas Society

· https://youtu.be/LmHAdWRdfJ0

· Lecture 18: Texas Frontier

· https://youtu.be/oEsLTcaEwRc

· Lecture 19: Tejano Life

· https://youtu.be/Qz2VC3upYyQ

· Lecture 20: African Americans in Texas

· https://youtu.be/3NaN-i0sUwU

· Lecture 21: Texas Politics After Reconstruction

· https://youtu.be/tpDJRFkeh3I

· Lecture 22: Cattle Ranching in Texas

· https://youtu.be/3F7DlhqmWcU