In 1901
The
Democratic-dominated State Legislature Passed
A
Bill Requiring Payment Of
A
Poll Tax
For
Voting
Which Effectively Disenfranchised Most Blacks
And
Many Poor Whites
And
Latinos
In
Addition
The
Legislature Established White Primaries
Ensuring Minorities Were Excluded From
The
Formal Political Process
The
Number Of Voters Dropped Dramatically
And
The
Democrats Crushed Competition From
The
Republican
And
Populist Parties
The
Socialist Party Became
The
Second-largest Party
In
Texas After 1912
Coinciding With
A
Large Socialist Upsurge
In
The
United States During Fierce Battles
In
The
Labor Movement And
The
Popularity Of National Heroes Like Eugene V
Debs
The
Socialists' Popularity Soon Waned After Their Vilification By
The
United States Government
For
Their Opposition
To
US Involvement
In
World War I
Like other Southern states
by
the
late 1870s white Democrats regained control of
the
state legislature
They passed
a
new constitution
in
1876 that segregated schools
and
established
a
poll tax
to
support them
but
it
was not originally required
for
voting. . Further information: List of tallest buildings
in
Houston, Timelines of World War II.
On May 12
2016
a
release of oil from subsea infrastructure
on
Shell's Brutus oil rig released 2,100 barrels of oil
This leak created
a
visible 2 mile
by
13 mile oil slick
in
the
sea about 97 miles south of Port Fourchon
Louisiana
according
to
the U.S
Bureau of Safety
and
Environmental Enforcement. !
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