Texas hold 'em

Houston Unlike the previous examples of courage, whose actions lasted almost entirely during their terms as Senators, Sam Houston’s courage is separated into two distinct periods: his terms as a Texas Senator, and his term as Governor of Texas. During his terms as both a Senator and a Governor of Texas, he argued greatly against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Secession from the Union respectively, all the while being criticized and undergoing the three pressures that Kennedy outlines in his…

Did you know that the Los Zetas is a Mexican gang that is based in America? The gang name translates to “The Z’s”. The Los Zetas gang was founded in 1999, with 31 members from the Mexican Army’s elite airborne Special Forces Group. The members were originally working for the Gulf Cartel as an enforcer gang. Then, they came to form a new gang called the Los Zetas. Their founders and leaders were Osiel Cardenas Guillen and Arturo Guzmán Decena, and the new members began working as drug runners,…

states had an extremely large amount of slaves. For example, Virginia had a population of 491,000 and they were a major slave state. Texas which was a new state that was being decided on whether or not they were going to have slaves ended up having a population of 183,000. This shows that the Western states were destined to end up having states because as soon as Texas became a part of the United States, it became a slave state. Before the Manifest Destiny there had been attempts to make it…

Question 1 To explore the Missouri River and find a stream it as by its course and connection to the Pacific Ocean. This was very important, if we find a stream connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Missouri River we could trade often with the West. At the start of the Missouri River, I needed to take careful observations of the Longitude and Latitude at all remarkable points so they can be recognised in the future. To take journal entries doing your mission. This was important because…

Preston Taylor Ministries: Final Observation The experience gained from observing and volunteering at Preston Taylor Ministries after school program was definitely unforgettable for a number of reasons. Preston Taylor Ministries is a child after school care program that facilitates a safe and fun environment to play in as well as help with homework and further instruction for all registered students grades k-5th. The Wilson Center, in which my observation was completed, is the biggest of six…

August 1st, 2016 marked the first day the campus carry (S.B. 11) was put into effect in Texas. The law states, “Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of and certain other institutions of higher learning”. Meaning that a licensed weapon holder twenty one years or older is able to legally carry a weapon on public university grounds in the state of Texas. Senate bill 11 has had many proponents for and against it. Specifically, many students and faculty members have cited…

On February 26, 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt attempted to register as a law student at the University of Texas (UT) Law School. Sweatt was accompanied by a delegation from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which included: R.A Hester, Lulu White, and Dr. B. E. Howell. The group was met by President T. S. Painter and other university officials. Painter tried to explain to Sweatt that there was nothing available to him except out-of-state scholarships, Hester…

“I don’t believe we were put here with all our differences to conform to a uniform state of mind” (Teclai). Standing up for one’s beliefs is a conflict in Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee’s Inherit the Wind. In Inherit the Wind Bertram Cates must go against the Bible-loving citizens of Hillsboro, and dares to teach the Theory of Evolution. Cates is put on trial for his actions and the famous Henry Drummond must defend Cates and the right to thought. Henry Drummond’s fairness, empathy, and wisdom…

were not huge fans of this idea. We had traveled to far off places such as Turkey and India and bustling cities like New York and San Francisco- we were very skeptical of visiting a Texas small town- how would we ever have that amazing traveling experience that we had in those glamourous,…

The first piece is Benjamin West’s Penn’s Treaty with the Indians When He Founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America is an oil on canvas completed in 1772. This piece is a possible representation of an event that would take place in 1682. The second piece is by Emanuel Leutze: The Storming of the Teocalli by Cortez and His Troops. Also an oil on canvas completed in 1848. This piece referred to the invasion of the Aztec empire by the Spanish. Although the scenes of these two pieces…