Texas Political Culture Research Paper

Texas Political Culture
There are multiple classifications for political cultures
Moralistic political culture- ones believe that the government should promote the public good and in order to ensure that good the citizens should participate in politics and civic activities
Individualistic political culture- ones believe that the government must limit their role when providing to society in order to make the citizens able to pursue their economic interests
Traditionalistic political culture- ones believe that the government should controlled by political elites and must be guided by tradition.
Changes in Texas
The One Party State- Texas had been governed by the Democratic party for over 100 years. But the pattern was broken when a competition

The first focused on the production of cattle, cotton and distribution by the railroad system
The second was the oil industry
The third is the high-tech digital economy
Texas economy
One of the oldest crops is cotton and then technological advances stimulated the cotton industry.
Origins of cattle and ranching extended back to the 17th century, multiple conflicts arose from cattle and ranching, they both remained very important industries in Texas
Oil at first was not in demand, oil and gas made a new industrial revolution in the 20th century, and both transformed the government.
People of Texas
Texas population
The Texas population has changed over time because of 3 main reasons that consist

Latinos were already living in Texas, mostly all Texans had Mexican origins, had various obstacles that limited them from voting in the state throughout the 19th century. For the most part African Americans entered the state as slaves, were second class citizens and the Texas political system was eventually opened up to them.
Asians are much smaller groups that origin from China, Pakistan, Korea, Japan, and etc. About 1 million Asians migrated to Texas.
Urbanization
Texas’s shift
In order to convert Native Americans into Christianity, missions were established and farms were cultivated in order to feed the population. Later on Americans brought a new language, democracy, slavery and ideas to transformed Texas urban life. New technologies changed Texas urban landscape.
Houston is the largest city in Texas
Houston originated out of 2 brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen in 1836.
The city was named after the leader of the Texas army during the war of independence from Mexico, Sam Houston.
Oil transformed Houston into the 20th century.
Around 1930, Houston was the largest city in