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TEKS for Seventh Grade

Back to the index of the TEKS Curriculum Alignment Tool for Seventh Grade Social Studies.
(7.6) History. The student understands how events and issues shaped the history of Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The student is expected to:Related Handbook of Texas Online articles:
A: identify significant individuals, events, and issues from Reconstruction through the beginning the 20th century, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on Native Americans, the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish beginnings, the myth and realities of the cowboy way of life, the effects of the growth of railroads, the buffalo soldiers, James Hogg, Cynthia Parker, Spindletop; and
B: explain the political, economic, and social impact of the cattle and oil industries and the development of West Texas resulting from the close of the frontier.

Created by Michel Hinton, Hogg Middle School, Houston ISD, April 2002.

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