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His excesses made him an unwilling national celebrity during the 1940s and 1950s as the media became enamored with tales of Texas oil wealth. [ 131 ] Jim West Jr. was the heir to the fortune of Jim West Sr., an early Houston businessman who helped shape the city and the state before the boom and during the early years of the boom. [ 132 ]
The ordinance was ratified by a popular referendum on February 23, making Texas the seventh and last state of the Lower South to do so. [11] [13] [15] 1861 Texas Secession Referendum Map by county, teal is For and orange is Against [16] Some wanted to restore the Republic of Texas, but an identity with the Confederacy was embraced.
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The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution, [317] casualty figures were quite unusual for the time. Generally, in 19th-century warfare, the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three.
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The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by involving stagflation , in which high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.