Chapter 12 Texas History Full Notes.pdf - Midlothian ISD

Ann Witherspoon FSMS Texas History 6POLICIES OF HOUSTON’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION• Cut government spending in hopes of achieving a balanced budget• Cut government jobs and salaries• Reduced the size of the military and hoped to sell the navy• Issued a new currency and limited its circulationCAUSES OF THE REGULATOR-MODERATOR WAR• Weak law enforcement led to bandits and outlaws moving intoShelby County• Feud between Alfred George and Joseph G. Goodbread over fakeland certificates• Disagreements developed between the Regulators and theModerators• Local officials could not stop the feud