Texas Rangers

audacious attitude believing that they had a divine obligation to stretch their boundaries from the east coast to the west coast. In 1845 an editor and prominent democratic politician, John L. O’Sullivan, published an article on the annexation of Texas identifying the imperialistic endeavors of the U.S. with the phrase: Manifest Destiny. He stated, “Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”(Henretta,…

position of Texas Governor, for well over a century, has traditionally been a feeble portion of the state government. A comparison of power between the governor of Texas and the president of the United States reveal the difficulties of the governor to effectively run the state government, as the president does the nation. There are a few key historical events and factors that have led to the weakness of the Texas Governor’s powers today. In order to improve the effectiveness of today’s Texas…

With Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s signature as the final piece for House Bill 11 to be amended now completed the efforts during the 84th legislature to bolster the ranks of state police on the border is one step closer to fruition. “Here in Houston, there are more than 20,000 dangerous gang members that are associated with cross border traffic-related crime.” Said Governor Abbott as he was asked about one of his many reasons for signing the bill. 310 million dollars will immediately be spent on…

The Gutierrez Magee Expedition of 1812. The Gutierrez Magee expedition, left a humongous scar on the state of Texas. Unlike previous wars and fights, the Expedition not only changed Texas, but also many other southwestern states. It also made possible for an expansion to the United States territory, in a magnificent way. This expedition includes a great number of rebels that fought for territories without their country’s say, nonetheless it brought forth the will to fight for independence.…

author’s perspective about Texas in the essay, “Revised Essay: What Are the Facts and Lies About Present Day Texas?”: “The third major idea Ivins states regarding Texas is the economic diversity within the state of Texas” (2). This quote shows an improvement within my writing because I usually stated the full name of the author rather than only the last name. For instance, I stated the same statement from the original essay of “What Are The Facts and Lies About Present Day Texas?”, but with…

In 1836 Texas declared themselves independent from Mexico, but of course Mexico does not recognize this at first. In 1837 Texas asked the United States to be annexed into their country, but at the time the United States could not accept a new state because of two reasons. The first reason for this was that The States had just reached a balance between Slave States and Free States and with Texas wanting to be a Slave State they would upset that balance. The second reason is that Mexico made it so…

Texas manages to simultaneously rank among the best and worst in the nation when it comes to education, but only because it excels in some fields and fails in others. An unfortunate side effect of this is that some political leaders in Texas think that budget cuts and funding in regards to education can be used to manipulate their power and political campaigns in order to forward their agenda. Education is a window to future careers; children and young adults should have access to educational…

The Texas Constitution is separated into three branches: The legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch is composed by 150 members of the House of Representatives and by 31 members of the state senate. The House of Representatives are elected for two-year terms (represented by districts of about 166,000) and the Senators, who serve for four-year terms and serve about 800,000 people per Senator. They meet every odd-numbered year biannually. These meetings are held…

secured a victory in the Mexican-American War. A war that concluded roughly a hundred and seventy years ago, the Mexican-American War was a conflict between, as the name would imply, Mexico, and the United States over the territories of California, Texas, and New Mexico, 525,000 square miles of land, which…

In this source, Engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor proposes the idea of “scientific management” of the labor force, known as “Taylorism”. Taylor demonstrates an experiment to show the effectiveness of his method, by using fewer workers to improve efficiency and getting the absolute most out of workers. This document is introduced during the Progressive Era, where workers’ rights were being heard with the rise of socialism. His aim was to increase productivity with fewer workers. However, this…