Teacher:In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The "Dirty Thirty" were implicated in a large political scandal in this state that occurred a year before Watergate, the Sharpstown Scandal. The Supreme Court ruled that the Commerce Clause didn't apply to the Gun-Free School Zones Act in a case involving a high school student from this state in United States v. Lopez. As many as 12,000 people may have perished in a 1900 (*) hurricane that largely destroyed a coastal city in this state. Anthony Francis Lucas is credited with finding the Spindletop oil well in this state. The Supreme Court overturned its earlier decision of Bowers v. Hardwick to overturn sodomy laws in the case of Lawrence v. [this state]. It's also where a Branch Davidian compound was destroyed in 1993. For 10 points, name this state home to the Waco siege and the site of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Student:
History