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Name: _KEY____________________
PEOPLE
John Quincy Adams
Susan B. Anthony
Stephen Fuller Austin
Clara Barton
Nicholas Biddle
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown
Blanche K. Bruce
Aaron Burr
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
John Deere
Frederick Douglass
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Fulton
Ulysses S. Grant
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr________________ Early
Rutherford B. Hayes
Sam Houston
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Meriwether Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Francis Cabot Lowell
Dolley Madison
John Marshall
Cyrus McCormick
Samuel F. B. Morse
Lucretia Mott
Napoleon
Dred Scott
Winfield Scott
Sequoya
William T. Sherman
Samuel Slater
Henry David Thoreau
Samuel Tilden
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
John Tyler
Noah Webster
Eli Whitney
Republic: Vice Presidential candidate who tied Jefferson in the election of 1800
Napoleon________ French leader who was sold Louisiana to the U.S. because he needed money to fight wars in Europe
Thomas Jefferson___ Louisiana’s purchase troubled him because the Constitution didn’t say the President could buy land
Meriwether Lewis___ he and his friend, William Clark, were appointed to lead the Corps of Discovery to Oregon and back
John Marshall________________ Supreme Court Chief Justice for 34 years who created the power of Judicial Review
Alexander Hamilton________________ former Treasury Secretary killed by Aaron Burr in a duel
Dolley Madison________________ First Lady who saved a painting of George Washington before fleeing from the British
Robert Fulton________________ Industrial
Era: his steamboat, the Clermont, allowed goods to be shipped upriver
John Deere________________ his steel plow allowed farmers in the West to plant more with less labor
Cyrus McCormick_________ the mechanical reaper he invented helped Western farmers focus on producing cash crops
Samuel Slater______ Englishman who smuggled the designs for textile mills out of England and brought them to the U.S.
Samuel F. B. Morse_ with the locomotive and steamboat, his telegraph helped to pull the nation’s diverse regions together
Francis Cabot Lowell_____ young ladies in his textile mills worked hard, leading respectable lives away from their families
Eli Whitney________________ had idea of using interchangeable parts in industry and invented the cotton gin
Nat Turner________ slave preacher hanged for leading a bloody slave rebellion in Virginia that led to stricter slave codes
John Quincy Adams________________ Secretary of State who convinced Spain to cede Florida to the United States
John C. Calhoun ___ Jacksonian
Era: Jackson’s Vice President who led South Carolina’s fight for nullification
Sequoya_________ his development of a written alphabet for the Cherokee helped to preserve their language and culture
Henry Clay_______ Speaker of the House who helped Adams win the presidency in 1824 and became Secretary of State
Andrew Jackson___ since his supporters dominated Congress, John Quincy Adams had difficulty accomplishing his goals
Nicholas Biddle________ when his U.S. Bank no longer controlled the economy, it went out of control and into depression
John Tyler_______ his assumption of the Presidency at Harrison’s death matters because it showed the Constitution at work
Sam Houston ____________Texas
& Mexico: led Texas forces at San Jacinto and won independence from Mexico
Stephen F Austin________________ followed his father’s plans to lead the first Americans to legally settle in Texas
Winfield Scott________________ his capture of Mexico City brought the Mexican War to a close
Abraham Lincoln_______ Illinois Congressman who opposed the Mexican War because he didn’t want slavery to expand
Henry David Thoreau__Reform
Era: author of Walden who went to jail for refusing to pay his taxes during the Mexican War
Noah Webster___________ published a dictionary containing Americanisms, changing the ways Americans spoke and wrote
Ralph Waldo Emerson__ essayist who encouraged Americans to think for themselves and to cast off European influences
Sojourner Truth____ born a slave, she escaped and was an important influence in the abolition and feminism movements
Susan B Anthony___ one-time temperance worker, she skillfully built the women’s movement into a national organization
Lucretia Mott________________ she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were the organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention
Harriet Tubman________ the Underground Railroad’s most famous conductor, she led more than 300 slaves to freedom
Frederick Douglass_____ escaped slave and powerful abolitionist speaker who published the newspaper, The North Star
Dred Scott_______Growing
Tensions: Supreme Court declared him “property”, saying he couldn’t sue for his freedom
John Brown________ seized the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an effort to lead a slave rebellion; he was hanged
Ulysses S. Grant__________The
Civil War: his victory at Shiloh, though bloody, led Lincoln to notice his leadership
Robert E. Lee______________the leader of the Confederate Army, he was well respected by Lincoln and the Union troops
William T. Sherman__ his use of “total war” helped to destroy Southern morale as he led the Union army through Georgia
Jefferson Davis_____________Southern states elected him to become President of the Confederate States of America
Clara Barton___________ Union nurse who brought supplies to the front lines and later founded the American Red Cross
John Wilkes Booth________________ assassinated Lincoln five days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Rutherford B. Hayes____
Reconstruction: Republican candidate who became President in 1876
Andrew Johnson______ Congress could pass their Reconstruction Plan without him because they could override his veto
Blanche K. Bruce___ he and Hiram Revels were freed slaves who served as Mississippi’s Senators during Reconstruction
THINGS PEOPLE WROTE
Civil Disobedience
Gettysburg Address
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Moby Dick
The Raven
The Star-Spangled Banner
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Star-Spangled Banner__ written by Francis Scott Key as he watched the British bombard Ft. McHenry in Baltimore Harbor
The Midnight Ride of PR_ Longfellow’s poem, it represents his effort to present American historical legends in epic poetry
Moby Dick_____________ whale of a story and the greatest example of American literature, written by Herman Melville
The Raven_____________ horror tale written by Edgar Allen Poe, whose writings focused on the workings of the mind
Civil Disobedience_____ Thoreau wrote this to express his belief in nonviolent opposition to laws and government policies
Uncle Tom’s Cabin________________ Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this to show that slavery was morally wrong
Gettysburg Address_poetic and emotional, this explains American values simply while mourning those who give their lives
POLITICAL PARTIES
Constitutional Union
Democratic
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
Free Soil
Republican
Whig
Federalists_________ political party accused of treason because of the Hartford Convention; supported the Constitution
Demo-Rep_______ split in election of 1824, Jackson’s branch is today’s Democratic Party, the others became the Whigs
Whig____________ split and vanished after the Kansas-Nebraska Act as Northerners and Southerners could not agree
Free Soil___________ formed by Northern Whigs, its sole purpose was to prevent slavery in lands acquired from Mexico
Republican___________ begun in 1854 by former Whigs and Free Soilers, their goal was to stop the spread of slavery
Constitutional Union________________ compromise party that attempted to keep the country together in 1860
Democratic________________ by nominating two candidates in 1860, they opened the way for Lincoln to win the election