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| What was the ethnic background and economic status of SH household? |
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| Scot Irish, not too rich, but land holders |
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| What reason did the Houston Household have for moving from Virginia to Tennessee? |
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| What role did Sam Houston play in the movement of Cherokees to lands west of the Mississippi River before 1820? |
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| He helped relocate the Cherokees from Georgia/Tennessee to Arkansas |
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| What explains Sam Houston's rise in Tennessee politics during the 1820s? |
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| He was ready for it: good orator, commanding presence, friends with Jackson |
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| What principles and policies did Same Houston support as governor of Tennessee? |
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| government by the people, opposition to special privileges, states rights, transportation improvements, and improvements to public schooling |
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| Where did Sam Houston fo into "exile" when he left Tennessee in 1829? |
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| Arkansas with the cherokees |
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| What was the "Stanberry Affair" and how did it affect Houston's life in 1832? |
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| Basically, stanberry was not passing indian rights, sam houston caned the crap out of him, and then houston made a huge court case out of it and regained fame |
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| What reasons did Sam Houston have for going to Texas in 1832? |
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| Some say revolution, but really, new land, exploration, and talks with indians is why he went |
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| What brought thousands of migrants from the United States to Texas during the 1820s? |
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| Land was cheap and free, it was a safe haven for criminals/debtors, and it was largely empty/you could get away |
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| What caused conflict between residents of Texas and the Mexican central government in Mexico city? |
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| States rights, instable governments, slavery laws, immigration laws, tax laws |
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| What role did Same Houston play in bringing on the Texas Revolution? |
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| He actually opposed at first, but he did a lot of politcal stuff to make texas its own state, petition and what not |
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| What major challenges faced SH when he was elected commander in chief of the Texas regular army? |
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| There wasn't really an army yet, just militia and volunteers, he was not as popular among everday soldiers as other leaders were |
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| Why di SH oppose the proposed Matamoros expedition in 1835-36? |
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| Since volunteers would be paid in spoils he saw it as piracy. he also saw it as inhumane to attack for that sole purpose. |
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| What orders did same SH send to Colonel James C Neill, commander at the Alamo, in January 1836? |
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| Called to raise an army of 5000 men |
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| What were the key terms of the treaty Sam Houston signed with the Indians of northeast Texas in early 1836? |
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| he asured the nuetrality of the indians so the mexicans could not yuse them " a firm and lasting peace fiorever" |
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| What role did SH play in the convention of Texans that assmebled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836? |
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| He helped set up a declaration of independece and a firm governmet |
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| How did SH explain his decision to retreat rather than fight the Mexican army in March early April 1836? |
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| He needed to fight back on his terms and to over extend the opposing army |
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| How did civilians and many soldiers respond to SH's retreat? |
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| How much Credit does SH deserve for brining the Texas army to fight Santa Anna at San Jacinto on april 21, 1836, and the texas victory? |
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| All of it. he is awesome. |
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| What conditions did SH find in Texas when he returned to the republic from New Orleans in the summer of 1836? |
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| people were restless and wnated revenge, he said, be restrained and he was right about this |
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| What explains Sam Houston's wide margin of victory in the election of the first prsident of texas? |
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| He was unanimously loved while the other canidates polarized voters |
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| how did SH as president of Texas from 36-38 deal with the continuing threat from Mexico and Santa Anna as a prisoner of War? |
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| He ruled defensively, and he didnt take any actions too rashly, he set up texas to be annexxed. |
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| What success did SH have with diplomatic relations with other countries while he was pres? |
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| only success with US becuase they didnt want to piss off mexico, and becuase they thought it would be annexxed soon anyway |
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| Other than relations with mexico and other foreign nations, what major problems did houston face as president and how did he deal with them? |
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| once again relations with iniadns sour, the americans want land, the army is biligerant and wants to fight things. also, crazy debt. |
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| How did SH marry margeret lea and what did she mean to him? |
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| everything? A lot. he finnaly had a loving family. not as much as his job dties i guess, but still. |
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| what reasons did SH have for opposing the pres administration of Mirabeau bonaparte lamar? |
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| lamar got people in debt and he had horrible relations with the indians |
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| What problems with mexico di SH have to face during his second administration and what was his policy with mexico? |
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| He just wanted to focus on internal affairs, even though hostilites with mexico still increased and the poublic was restless. |
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| what was SH role in the dispute over the location of the capital of Texas? |
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| He wanted it to be in the city of his name, houston. he argued it wasn't secure, but maybe he was being jealous |
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| What difficulties did SH face in hi efforts to have the united statees annexed? |
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| how was the annexation of Texas actually accomplished in 1844-45? |
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| lots of hard work and negotiatoons |
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| When SH became a US senator in 1846 which political party did he support? why? |
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| what position did SH take on the mexican war in 1846-7? |
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| they kicked us in the knee, and we had to retaliate immediatly to show them that we wouldnt satnd for it and to shwo them that we had US support |
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| what position did SH take on the issue of slavery in connection to the mexican war? |
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| He basically said slaves are a way of texas and all the south and the north better like it becuasethey depend on the south |
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| what position di SH take on the dispute between south an north that caused a crisis of the union in 1849-50 before it was compromised in 1850? |
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| he wanted the union to stick together, but saw that it might fall |
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| Sam Houston strongly opposed the kansas-nebraska act of 1854. Why did he take this postion, and how did it effect his career? |
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| cause he liked der indians |
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| what was the Know-Nothing party and how was SH involved? |
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| ban on voting in immigrants and catholics |
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| what important defeats did SH suffer in poloitics in 1857? |
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| what factors explain SH election as govenor in 1859? |
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| why did SH not recieve the pres nomination of either democratic party or Consitituional party of 1860? |
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| what actions did SH take in an effort to prevent secession by texas following the electyion of 1860? |
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| what happened to governor SH once Texas voted to secede from the union in feb 1861? |
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| what was SH attitude toward civil war once it began in 1861? |
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| how can it be argued that the key to SH career in Texas was practicality? |
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