TEXAS HISTORY 3364, Syllabus , Spring 2000

TEXAS HISTORY 3364, Syllabus, Spring 2011. Dr. G. N. GREEN Office: UH 351. Hrs: TTh 2-3, 5-5:30 & by appointment. E-mail [email protected] Required books for course: DeLeon, Mexican Americans in Texas, 3rd ed.; Procter & McDonald, The Texas Heritage, 4th ed.; Green, The Establishment in Texas Politics. Class meets in UH 08 at 9:30-10:50 TTh.

Learning outcomes--My goal in this course is to teach you to think critically about Texas history. Upon completion of this course students should be able to: 1. define the events, especially those relating to Texas, that led to the Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, and Civil War 2. identify the role of race and class in Texas during Reconstruction, Bourbon rule, and the agrarian revolts, 1870s-1890s 3. analyze the roles of farmers, minorities, labor, and business in Texas’ progressive movement and the New deal 4. examine Texas’ music, entertainment, and literature 5. compare Texas’ political era of the late 1930s-late 1950s to the era since the late 1970s

There will be two tests and a final exam, all comprised of multiple choice questions and/or essay questions from the class notes and readings. A term paper is required of at least 10 pp. double-spaced, plus endnotes, with at least 6 sources, no more than a third of which combined should come from items noted for their brevity, e.g. newspapers, most internet sources & encyclopedias. The best journal is the Southwestern Historical Quarterly , available at www.TSHAonline.org , as is the best encyclopedia, the New Handbook of Texas. The paper may be on any post-statehood Texas topic. Sources should be cited on the average of about one endnote per paragraph. The reader should know the sources of every paragraph, even though it is written in your own words. Endnote citations are NOT just for material being quoted! Wikipedia is NOT a valid source! Many paragraphs may have citations containing more than one source! The MLA style (with author & page numbers in parentheses within the text) is the simplest, with each citation referring to an entry in the alphabetized bibliography of scholarly books and articles listed at the back of the paper. Chicago style also acceptable. APA style is NOT acceptable. Every item in the bib. should be cited in the paper. If the term paper is submitted by March 24, I will critique it & it may be resubmitted for a higher grade no later than May 3. Otherwise, all term papers are due April 7. Each of the two tests, the final, and the term paper counts 25% of your grade. Dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism, collusion, submitting the same term paper for another course, and taking an exam for another student. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including dismissal from the course and the University. Class attendance is highly desirable, and if you miss ANY class, you WILL fall behind. Five or more unexcused absences may lead to loss of up to ten points. UTA does not drop students for excessive absences. Dropping a class is a student's responsibility. If you require an accommodation based on disability, I would like to confer with you during the first week of the semester. Students requiring assistance academically, personally, or socially should contact the Office of Student Success Programs, 817-272-6107. Student Support Services Available: The University of Texas at Arlington provides a variety of resources and programs designed to help students develop academic skills, deal with personal situations, and better understand concepts and information related to their courses. These resources include tutoring, major-based learning centers, developmental education, advising and mentoring, personal counseling, and federally funded programs. For individualized referrals to resources for any reason, students may contact the Maverick Resource Hotline at 817-272-6107 or visit www.uta.edu/resources for more information.

Bring a scantron 882 or 882E to each test & to the Feb. 1 quiz. The first test will be c. Feb. 22. It will cover DeLeon, chaps. 1-3 (focusing on 3); Procter & McDonald, chaps. 1-7 (focusing on 6-7); and the lecture notes as outlined below: TEXAS OUTLINE #1 I. BEFORE STATEHOOD A. Spanish & Early Anglo Legacies B. Settlement & Revolution C. The Republic of Texas D. Election of 1844 & Annexation II. MEXICAN WAR A. Four Causes 1. Annexation of Texas 3. Mexican Debts 2. Texas borders 4. California

B. Two Nations in Conflict 1. Taylor & Scott in Mexico 2. Texas Rangers C. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo & Texas' borders D. Compromise of 1850

III. EARLY STATEHOOD

A. Constitution of 1845 B. Education C. Texas Culture D. Ethnic and Social Problems 1. Indian policies 2. diseases & doctors 3. Mexican dissent E. Sam Houston and Secession Politics, 1853-1861 1. Personalities, factions, & parties 2. Hysteria & Secession F. Slavery & the Plantation Economy

IV. CIVIL WAR AND AFTERMATH

A. Unionists and Confederates B. Texas at War l. New Mexico Campaign 2. Sabine Pass 3. Hood's Texas Brigade and Terry's Texas Rangers C. Domestic Hardships D. Reconstruction---E. J. Davis Administration, 1869-1873 E. Bourbon Rule 1. White Southern Myths 2. Realities F. The last campaigns against the Indians G. Range Cattle Industry—cattle trails, King Ranch, cowboy strike H. The Wild West--Chas. Goodnight, Butch & Sundance, Roy Bean

TEXAS OUTLINE #2

Readings: Procter & McDonald, chaps. 8, 9, 15, & pp. 247-264, 287-292; DeLeon, chapters 4-6. 2nd test c. April 5. Term papers due by March 24 (for critique) or April 7 for all others.

I. BRANN THE ICONOCLAST II. AGRARIAN REVOLT A. Farmers: 3 legs of civilization, Crop Lien System B. Grange, Alliance, & Organized Labor C. Populist Rebellion D. Jim Hogg

III. LAND OF VIOLENCE--Civil War & Reconstruction, Indian Wars, vigilantism, cattle industry conflict, outlaw activity, labor strife, feuds, ethnic tensions, agrarian discontent

IV. TEXAS POLITICS & SOCIETY, 1890s-1920s

A. Retreat of Reform--House, Bailey, & Democratic cronies B. Progressivism--Campbell & Davidson, Robertson Insurance Act, pure food law, labor laws C. Turmoil--Bailey, Demon Rum, Colquitt, Ferguson D. Texas State Federation of Labor and the Farmers’ Union E. Texans in Washington--Culberson, Sheppard, House, F. Wars & Aftermath--border intolerance, Hobby, Texas Industrial Welfare Commission, Open Shop Assoc., Bailey & Neff G. Race Relations-- riots, NAACP, Ku Klux Klan H. Campaigns & Personalities in the 20s--Ferguson, Moody, Connally, 1928 presidential election I. The Cities: San Antonio, Galveston, Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth J. Texas & the South

V. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1870s-1930s A. Railroad Network B. Early oil industry, Gas, Sulfur, Salt, Coal, Lumber; C. W. Post

TEXAS OUTLINE #3

For final exam, read Procter & McDonald, chap. 11, & pp. 264-268, 292-306; DeLeon, chaps. 7-10; Green, chaps. 1-4, 7-13. Final exam THURSDAY MAY 12, 8:30 A.M. to 11.

I. BUSINESS & SOCIETY A. Business Entrepreneurs-—Hilton, Smith, Jones, Hughes B. Social Justice Entrepreneurs—Edwards, Cunningham, Hickey

II. THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WAR, 1930s-1945 A. Oil and lumber after 1930-- Joiner, Lloyd, Hunt & the East Texas Field; Hot Oil War; perils of the industry; unionization; use of white pine B. Farmers, tramps, rugged individualists, & charities C. The Dust Bowl D. The New Deal E. World War II

III. TEXAS MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT A. Black Ragtime-Blues-Folk Music--Joplin, Jefferson, Ledbetter, Lipscomb, Hopkins, B. Tejano/Conjunto--Martinez, Little Joe, T. Hinojosa, Selena C. Anglo Country—Ritter, Autry, Tubb, Thompson, Wills, Nelson, Holly, Joplin, Dixie Chicks D. Comedy--The Four Nightingales E. Hollywood Image of Texas

IV. TEXAS LITERATURE A. The Merit of Regionalism B. Western Myth-- Dobie, Webb, Bedichek, Capps, Kelton, C. Southern Myth--Perry, Brewer, Humphrey, Owens D. Mexican--Paredes, R. Hinojosa, Rivera E. Evolving Urban Society-- McMurtry, King, Anderson F. Others--Howard, Jones, Foote, Reid, Hamlin

V. TEXAS POLITICAL ECONOMY SINCE THE 1930s A. Allred administration & end of an era B. Concept of the Establishment & some examples--W. Lee O'Daniel, Coke Stevenson, Texas Regulars, Allan Shivers, Ralph Yarborough, John Connally, John Tower C. Recent trends--Mark White & reform, Bill Clements, Ann Richards, Geo. Bush, Rick Perry, the two party system, schools & taxes

Sample term paper paragraphs: The Northern Texas Traction Company built a thirty-five mile track joining Dallas and Ft. Worth in 1902. A power plant at Handley, ten miles east of Ft. Worth, provided power to the interurban as well as many surrounding towns. Near Handley an artificial lake was constructed, complete with parks. The interurban met with vast success, and competing companies began to connect nearby communities. (Dallas Morning News, June 19, 1903; Myers, 9-10, 15) In the state’s first sizeable strike, June 1872, eighty percent of the operating employees of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad (H&TC) bolted off their jobs along the line. They were not union members, but they acted in concert to stop several trains rather than accept a wage increase tied to an agreement not to hold the company liable for any work-related injury or death. (Clearly neither party was aware that the courts would soon concoct doctrines that refused to hold the railroads liable for much of anything). In Corsicana and Hempstead, where engineers and other railroad employees were undoubtedly among the prominent citizens, residents issued resolutions supporting the strikers and called for terminating the so-called "Death Warrant." Captain L. H. McNelly and a detachment of the hated, Reconstruction-era State Police appeared in Houston, creating more tension. McNelly, however, was a well-known Texas Ranger, Democrat, and ex-Confederate soldier, which probably made it easier for the railroad to fire all the strikers. Only the engineers, whose skills were not easily replaced, were later rehired. The H&TC soon repealed the “Death Warrant,” but only after demonstrating its power by crushing the strike. (Allen, 20- 21; Reese, 13-17) Sample bibliographic entries for term paper (among a total of ten):

Allen, Ruth. Chapters in the History of Organized labor in Texas. Austin: University of Texas Publication #4143, 1941.

Dallas Morning News, June 19, 1903.

Myers, Johnnie. Joshua: As It Was and Is, 1853-1976. Cleburne: Bennett Printing Co., 1977.

Procter, Ben. “Great Depression.” In New Handbook of Texas, III, 301-309, ed. by Tyler et al. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996.

Reese, James. “The Early History of Labor Organizations in Texas, 1838-1876,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly , 72 (July, 1968): 1-22.