Sam Houston

(noun)

A 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier, best known for his leading role in bringing Texas into the United States.

Related Terms

  • Republic of Texas
  • annexation

Examples of Sam Houston in the following topics:

  • In the West: The Native Americans

    • Texas remained an independent country, led by Sam Houston, until it became the 28th state in 1845.
  • Annexing Texas

    • Sam Houston became the first president of the Republic of Texas, elected on a platform that favored annexation to the United States.
  • The Roaring Twenties

    • At the time this cultural awakening was known as the “New Negro Movement” and was represented by notable writers including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, and Virginia Houston.
    • Gangsters such as Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Moe Dalitz, Joseph Ardizzone, and Sam Maceo were involved in bribery, extortion, loan sharking, and money laundering.
  • Military Segregation

    • A mutiny by soldiers at Camp Logan near Houston in 1917 was precipitated directly by segregation.
    • In Houston, however, they were met with segregated street cars and white workers at their camp who demanded separate water fountains.
  • Court Decisions and Civil Rights

    • By the time the case reached court, Murray was represented by Charles Hamilton Houston and a rising Thurgood Marshall of the Baltimore chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
    • Houston and Marshall used Pearson v.
  • American Imperialism

    • This is a caricature showing Uncle Sam lecturing four children labelled 'Philippines', 'Hawaii,' 'Puerto Rico,' and 'Cuba' in front of children holding books labelled with various U.S. states.
  • The "Surge" in Iraq

    • .; Joe Biden, D-Del; and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.
    • Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Barack Obama, D-Ill., Chris Dodd, D- Conn., Joe Biden, D-Del, and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.
  • Immigrant Labor

    • Poster by the Houston and Texas Railroad advertising land for immigrants
  • Jackson's Democratic Agenda

    • Democratic cartoon from 1833 showing Jackson destroying the bank, to the approval of the Uncle Sam-like figure to the right and the annoyance of the bank's president, depicted as the Devil.
  • Economic Hardship and Labor Upheaval During the Transition to Peace

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