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Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

  • List the key features of Texas geography and understand the size of Texas relative to other states
  • Identify the various racial and ethnic groups comprising Texas’s population and the contributions that each group made to Texas’s historical development
  • Discuss the components of the Texan Creed and the American Creed, and understand how and why the two creeds differ
  • List the components of the Texas economy and discuss important shifts in the economy
  • Discuss the distribution of income in Texas and how this distribution affects the racial and ethnic groups that compromise Texas’s population



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