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The document provides a summary of important people and events in United States history from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century. It covers the early presidents and political developments, westward expansion, inventions, reform movements such as abolition and women's rights, immigration trends, and events of the Civil War era. Key figures mentioned include presidents Washington to Lincoln, inventors Whitney and Fulton, abolitionists Douglass and Tubman, and Civil War generals Lee and Grant.
Remember me because p2
- 1. Remember Me Because Part 2 Final Review Luna March 2013
- 2. Alexander Hamilton (1789-1797) • Beginning of the political parties • Hamilton and Adams were Federalists. • Believed in a loose construction of the Constitution (if it doesn’t say you CANNOT do it, then you can.) Like creating the National Bank.
- 3. Thomas Jefferson (1800) • 3rd President of the US • Purchased the Louisiana Purchase • TJ bought LP in 1803 4 NO
- 4. John Marshall • ChiefJustice of Supreme Court • Important Cases: – Marbury V. Madison= judicial review – McCulloch V. Maryland – Gibbons V. Ogden
- 5. Lewis & Clark •Explore the Louisiana Purchase for Jefferson • Map the area, and bring back samples.
- 6. James Madison (1800) • Was called the “Father of the Constitution” • President during the War of 1812 . • After the war it was known as the “Era of Good Feeling”
- 7. Dolley Madison • Wifeof President James Madison. • During the War of 1812 rescued many important paintings from the White House before British troops burned it down.
- 8. James Monroe • Foughtin the American Rev • 5th US President • Introduced the Monroe Doctrine that said no European Powers in the Western Hemisphere.
- 9. Cherokee • Native Americantribe that was forced to move from Georgia under the President Andrew Jackson. • The trip is known as the Trail of Tears where 60,000 Cherokee died along the trail.
- 10. John Quincy Adams •Son of John Adams (2nd president) • Ran against Jackson and won – some said it was an unfair election • It was rumored that Adams promised Henry Clay a job if he got the vote
- 11. John C. Calhoun He is kinda scary! • Wrote that a State had the right to NULLIFY a federal law if it was believed to be unconstitutional. • He felt (and other Southerners) that the Tariff of 1832 AKA The Tariff of Abominations was unfair. • South Carolina threatens to success over this Nullification Act – but backs down when Jackson threatens to send troops.
- 12. Henry Clay • Knownas “The Great Compromiser” because of his skill of negotiation • Speaker of the House 3x’s • Helped to stop the succession of South Carolina during the Tariff of Abominations
- 13. Daniel Webster • Servedas Senator & State Rep for New England. • Was against the idea of states succeeding. Spoke against John Calhoun and supported Tariff of 1828 (Abominations)
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- 15. Eli Whitney • Inventorof Interchangeable parts • Inventor of the Cotton Gin
- 16. Lowell Mills Girls • Worked in Lowell Textile Mills • Lived in dorms provided by the Lowell Mills and usually sent money home.
- 17. John Deere • Inventedsteel plow to assist with Agriculture.
- 18. Cyrus McCormick • Inventedthe first mechanical reaper to help
- 19. Robert Fulton • Inventedthe Steam Boat • Helped Transportation
- 20. Samuel Morse • Createdthe telegraph. • Devise that transmits burst of electricity to make small beeps and are translated into letters.
- 21. Elizabeth Cady Stanton •Fought for Women’s Rights including the right to VOTE (Suffrage).
- 22. Susan B. Anthony •Women’s Rights Supporter • Spoke on Suffrage for Women.
- 23. Abolitionist • Wanted toend slavery
- 24. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Author that wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” • Showed harsh treatment of slaves in South.
- 25. William Lloyd Garrison •Created the Liberator – an abolitionist newspaper.
- 26. Frederick Douglass • Slavethat escaped to freedom. • Learned how to read and write, and wrote account of his life as a slave.
- 27. Harriet Tubman • Runawayslave that created the Underground Railroad – a way to help free slaves and move them to the North.
- 28. Sojourner Truth • Abolitionist& Women’s Rights supporter. • Freed slave that spoke publicly about her life. • Famous Speech – “A’int I A Woman”
- 29. Dredd Scott • Slavethat sued for his freedom. • Case went to Supreme Court but it was denied • Dredd Scott V. Sandford
- 30. John Brown • Abolitionistthat believed that the only way to end slavery was through force. • John Brown tried to provide weapons to slaves, to help cause a riot. • Captured at Harpers Ferry. Was tried and convicted, he was sentenced to hang.
- 31. Dorthea Dix • Reformistthat worked to improve Hospitals and Prison conditions.
- 32. Clara Barton • Nurseduring the Civil War • Started the Red Cross
- 33. Horace Mann • Reformer •The Father of American Education • Created the first Public Schools.
- 34. Mormons • Religious groupthat moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to be able to practice their religion freely. • Leader of the Mormon’s was Brigham Young. • Traveled on the Mormon Trail.
- 35. 49ers • Miners inCalifornia during the Gold Rush.
- 36. Chinese Immigrants • Cameto California from way of the Pacific. • Many Chinese immigrants worked on the Transcontinental Railroad
- 37. Abraham Lincoln • 16th President of the US • Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation • President during the Civil War • Assassinated a few days after the end of the war.
- 38. Ulysses S. Grant •General for the Union Army during the Civil War Grant & Lincoln Lincoln visits Meet Battlefield
- 39. Jefferson Davis • Presidentof the Confederate States of America.
- 40. Robert E. Lee •Served in US Army 30 years prior to the Civil War. • General of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.
- 41. Union (Yankees) • TheNorthern States that remained in the US during the Civil War.
- 42. Confederate (Rebels, Johnny Reb) • Southern part of the US during the Civil War. • Called Confederate States of American after succession. • Soldiers called: Rebels or Johnny Reb
- 43. Stonewall Jackson • Regardedas one of the greatest Confederate commanders.
- 44. Williams Carney • He was the first African- American to be recognized as having performed an act of bravery that warrented the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor Congressional Medal of Honor
- 45. Phillip Bazaar • Fought in Navy Congressional during Civil War Medal of Honor • First Hispanic- American to be awarded Congressional Medal of Honor. Bazaar was assigned to the USS Santiago de Cuba during the American Civil War
- 46. Hiram Rhodes Revels •Fought in Civil War • First African American elected to Congress for state of Mississippi.
- 47. John James Audubon •American artist that drew birds, mammals, plants and other subjects from nature. • Birds of America – life-sized portraits of 1,065 individual birds. • Most important work on birds ever published.
- 48. Hudson River School Artists • The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. By Thomas Cole Massachusetts After A Rainstorm, The Oxbow