Lone Star by Fehrenbach Reading Assignment #8 (p.g. 640) "Politics in the 20th Century and Joseph Bailey"

Fehrenbach talks about politics in the Early 20th Century in Texas and the United States. A new neo- Populist, Joseph Bailey, was the leader of the House and was forced into retiring from previous affairs.

• Texas was becoming the largest habitually Democratic state.
• The new conservative, Bailey, had many personal affairs, forcing him to retire.
• Texas gained great seniority in Congress
• Joseph Bailey was the minority leader of the house before his elevation to the Senate.
• Bailey's "affairs" became the hallmarks of the Texan neo-Populist in national politics 

Texas Timeline of the 1960s and 1970s

Lone Star by Fehrenbach Reading Assignment #7 (p.g.414) "The Democratic Political Process"

Fehrenbach talk about the Democratic political process being ignored and how some of the Ex-Confederates felt and how they were being treated after being defeated.

• The real tragedy of the 1869 election was the fact to impose the Carpetbagger rule was perverted and imposed the entire democratic political process.
• Ex-Confederate Generals thought the the Southerners were "a conquered people."
• Americans hoped that the political process would soon be restored.
• Any men who served for the Confederates were denied of service.
• Most of the Democrats avoided to vote during the Hamilton Stuart election because they knew he would loose.

Research Pictures on WWI

WWI PIC PP

These are the pictures that I am using for my research project on WWI. I will post pics later on in the month!