Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
8th Grade
Facts 71-96
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| was a member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence | Sam Adams |
| was a staunch Federalist and the longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history (1801-1835). He played a key role in the development of the American legal system | John Marshall |
| was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention. He was responsible for convincing Louis XVI of France to support America during the Revolution. | Ben Franklin |
| was the King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies. | King George III |
| wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States | Thomas Jefferson |
| wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve. | Thomas Paine |
| was the leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States. | George Washington |
| was the leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River. | Andrew Jackson |
| was a South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War. | John C. Calhoun |
| was a powerful Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850. Known as the “Great Compromiser”. | Henry Clay |
| was a Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union | Daniel Webster |
| was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
| was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| was the General of the Confederate Army. | Robert E. Lee |
| was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended. | Abraham Lincoln |
| was a leader of the Federalists, first Treasurer of the United States, creator of the Bank of the U.S., and killed in a duel by the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr. | Alexander Hamilton |
| was a passionate patriot who became famous for his fiery speeches in favor of American independence. His most famous quote included the words, “Give me liberty or give me death!” | Patrick Henry |
| is considered to be the “Father of the Constitution”. | James Madison |
| was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. | Frederick Douglass |
| was the author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference. | James Monroe |
| was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North. | Harriet Tubman |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton and __________organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Declaration of Sentiments and ultimately the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States | Lucretia Mott |
| was an escaped slave who became a vocal member of the abolitionist movement as well as women’s rights. | Sojourner Truth |
| helped fuel the abolitionist movement in 1852 by writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book shined a light on the horrors of slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started | Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address |
| was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War. | Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address |
Created by:
HBend
Popular U.S. History sets