Essay 1 will cover the time period of early Texas through the Texas Revolution. Choose a topic from the following

Essay #1 will cover the time period of early Texas through the Texas Revolution. Choose a topic from the following list.
Indians of Texas (you may single out one tribe or report on all of them as a group)
Explorers of Texas (you may single out one explorer or report on them as a group)
The Texas Revolution (Battles, Heroes, weapons of war)
Cattle (cattle barons, cattle drives, ranching)
The Mexican-American War
Texas Statehood
The Civil War in Texas
Reconstruction in Texas
Essay #2 will cover the time period of Texas from post revolution to the present. It will be the student’s choice of topics from the following list:
Populism
Closing of the Frontier
Progressivism
World War I
Oil Industry
Great Depression and the New Deal
World War II
Modern Texas (cities, politics, famous people)