TEKS Expectation 7.7B
7.7B
Define and trace the impact of "boom-and-bust" cycles of leading Texas industries throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries such as farming, oil and gas production, cotton, ranching, real estate, banking, and computer technology.
Belongs to Statement 7.7: The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the late 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries.
Teach this expectation using entries from our Handbook
Our Handbook entries are written by volunteer historians and professionals, reviewed by TSHA staff, vetted by scholars, and approved by the TSHA Chief Historian.
Boom & Bust Cycles
- Houston Ship Channel
- Hughes, Howard Robard, Sr.
- Oil and Gas Industry
- Oil Exploration
- Agriculture
- Dust Bowl
- Cotton Culture
- Ranching
- Banks and Banking
- Aerospace Medicine, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Urbanization
- Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry
- Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Electronics Industry
- Texas Instruments
- Dell Computer Corporation
- Manufacturing Industries
