It influenced them to express their feelings through color and such instead of typical art of that time.
The torch is a symbol of enlightment. It's a path to freedom, or a path to liberty. It "the stature of liberty" enlightening the world. They made her like that to stant tall and direct us to liberty. And it origionally wasn't green, it was gold.
~Deceptiøn
Answer:
Because railroads enabled farmers and ranchers to transport their products more efficiently, by the turn of the century Texas had become a leading producer of both cattle and cotton.