Essay #1 will cover the time period of early Texas through the Texas Revolution. Choose a topic from the following list.

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Essay #1 will cover the time period of early Texas through the Texas Revolution. Choose a topic from the following list.

  • Indians of Texas (you may single out one tribe or report on all of them as a group)
  • Explorers of Texas (you may single out one explorer or report on them as a group)
  • The Texas Revolution (Battles, Heroes, weapons of war)
  • Cattle (cattle barons, cattle drives, ranching)
  • The Mexican-American War
  • Texas Statehood
  • The Civil War in Texas
  • Reconstruction in Texas

Essay #2 will cover the time period of Texas from post revolution to the present. It will be the student’s choice of topics from the following list:

  • Populism
  • Closing of the Frontier
  • Progressivism
  • World War I
  • Oil Industry
  • Great Depression and the New Deal
  • World War II
  • Modern Texas (cities, politics, famous people)