Transcript 13 Texas 1915-1930x

Texas, 1915-1930
Prohibition
Amendment 18, 1919 (Repealed in 1933)
• Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the
manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage
purposes is hereby prohibited.
• Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
• Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several
States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date
of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Loophole?
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International Unrest 1910s
International Unrest 1910s
Mexican Revolution, 1910 to 1920
Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1910.
Revolution:
Francisco Madero, 1910-1913. (Beginning of PRI.)
Victoriano Huerta, with Taft’s ambassador’s aid,
took control of Mexico in a violent coup.
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson withheld recognition,
declared Huerta a murderer.
US forces invaded Mexico in 1914 and occupied
Veracruz. Huerta fled.
In the power vacuum, regional military leaders
such as Pancho Villa, Venustiano Carranza, and
Emiliano Zapata struggled for influence and
control in post-Diaz Mexico.
In 1916 Villa raided New Mexico and Wilson sent
General Pershing into Mexico a second time to
catch and punish Villa.
Carranza, 1914-1920.
Alvaro Obregon, 1920-1924.
We intend to begin on the first of February
unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall
endeavor in spite of this to keep the United
States of America neutral. In the event of
this not succeeding, we make Mexico a
proposal of alliance on the following basis:
make war together, make peace together,
generous financial support and an
understanding on our part that Mexico is to
reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona. The settlement in
detail is left to you. You will inform the
President of the above most secretly as
soon as the outbreak of war with the
United States of America is certain and add
the suggestion that he should, on his own
initiative, invite Japan to immediate
adherence and at the same time mediate
between Japan and ourselves. Please call
the President's attention to the fact that
the ruthless employment of our
submarines now offers the prospect of
compelling England in a few months to
make peace.
1917 Zimmerman Telegram
Germany proposed aid to Mexico if it
attacks USA.
Immigration Reform, 1920s
1921: Emergency Quota Act
3% of 1910 Levels
1924: National Origins Act
2% of 1890 Levels
1927: National Origins Act, Revised
2% of 1920 Levels
Open immigration closed down.
1930s: Depression + Restriction= End of mass
immigration until postwar period.
Texan Progressive
Era Governors
James Hogg, 1891-1895
Charles Culberson, 1895-1899
Joseph Sayers, 1899-1903
S. W. T. Lanham, 1903-1907
Thomas Campbell, 1907-1911
Oscar Colquitt, 1911-1915
James Ferguson, 1915-1917
William Hobby, 1917-1921
Pat Neff, 1921-1925
Miriam Ferguson, 1925-1927
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1924
1928