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-highly urbanized
-rapid population growth
-advanced tech industry
*biotechnology: medicine etc.
*high tech: comp, cells
-overall rankings
*#2 in land mass
*#2 in population |
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| the subcultures-indivdualistic |
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*govts job is to maintain stable society
*minimum intervention in public by govt |
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-within u.s
*south, southwestern region
*the buckle of bible belt |
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-free from mexican tearany
-give us our indep |
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-win the war
-war happened b/c of annexation
-ended by treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
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| treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
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-exchange for land, cash, drafts, everyone becomes a citizen
-ended mexican war
-gave us cali |
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| cities in mexico in texas |
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-chihuahua
-coahuila
-nuevo leon
-tamaulipas |
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plants that engage in building industrialization
-one plant in mexico=makes everything
-one plant in u.s assembles at the end |
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-lousiana
-arkansas
-oklahoma
-new mexico |
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b/c of NAFTA and maquiladoras immigrants have increased
-most immigrants from mexico and central america |
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-provides trade-midpoint for u.s. for cargo missils
-tourism |
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foreign trade
*taxes so we make more money |
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-267,000 square miles of land
-220,000 miles of highway
-politics differ |
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-agriculture
-"BO Pilgrim" |
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| regionalism-the gulf coast |
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-oil and urbanization
-spindletop gusher |
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-cotton and wheat
-very conservative |
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| regionalism: the panhandle |
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| financial center, airports, technology |
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| regionalism: central texas |
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| government, manufacturing |
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-citrus and grain crops
-highest unemployment |
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| texas people: native americans |
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| texas people: african americans |
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| 11%-12% make up texas pop |
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| texas people: hispanic americans |
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| texas people: anglos (white) |
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| texas people: asian americans |
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-no national language
-there should be no official lang so no one will be alienated |
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| 83%-85% in texas live in urban areas |
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-increasing
-build upward instead of outward |
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-$39,500 median family income for tx
-$45,500 median for nation |
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| immigration reform and control act of 1986 |
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-imposes fines and penalties on business's that hire illegals
-I9-fined if not in possesion when owning business |
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| the subcultures-moralistic |
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| *political participation is a duty. Your job as a citizen to participate government is to be used for the public good |
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| the subcultures-tradionalistic |
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| *use govt to preserve status quo |
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