Why is Texas’s oil industry likely to continue to be a major force in the state and national economies?

Texas’s oil industry is to be a major force in the state and national economies because of its contribution in the GDP of a country.

Texas produces highest amount of crude oil in the nation about 22 percent of crude oil production in the United States of America. The oil industry provides about 1.8 million jobs in Texas and it also brought about 9.9 billion dollars in taxes. This industry fulfills the oil needs of the country as well as saves important capital of the country so we can say that Texas oil industry is a major force in the economy of the country.

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While fossil fuel production continued to rise in Texas in major cracks emerged in the latter half of the year: a significant drop in the number of active oil rigs, thousands of industry job losses and a spate of bankruptcies.

confedracy

supported slavery

upheld the supremacy of federal laws

believed states should be able to nullify federal laws

union

wanted to abolish slavery

supported high tariffs

upheld the supremacy of federal laws

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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