Houston had fought for Texan independence from Mexico and guided the fledgling Republic into the Union. He did not want to lose his life's work.
Guam is located at the Pacific.
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.
Georgia used "head right system" and "lottery land." Lottery land is when Georgia let Whites 21 years or older spin a wheel and win land. Head Right System is when Georgia picks the "head" male of a family and has gives the "head" the right to earn 1,000 acres of land.
