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| 16th president; elected at the beginning of the Civil War, served 2 terms; abolitionist who gave the Gettysburg Address; influenced Congress to pass the Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated by Booth |
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| 18th president; Union general who won the first major victories for the Union |
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| an amazing Confederate general who led the Confederacy into most their victories-didn't want to fight the Union, but saw that there was no other way without dishonor |
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| Confederate president; wanted to be in a military position, but accepted the job due to loyalty to the South |
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| a 'conductor' in the Underground Railroad; a former slave who had escaped, then helped other slaves escape- the most successful 'conductor' (never lost a person) |
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| an African speaker and publisher; spoke for women's rights and against slavery |
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| author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; an abolitionist that wanted to fight the Compromise of 1850 |
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| the democrats choice to run for president because they couldn't decide on anyone else; the 11th president |
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| Jackson's vice president, who was elected after him and was president during the panic of 1837 |
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| in charge of the Texas army because he was the only man with military experience at the meeting |
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| the general that James Polk ordered to go to the banks of the Rio Grande, so that the Mexicans would attack the U.S., and it wouldn't be our fault |
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| the Mexican president during the fight for the Alamo; jailed Stephen Austin and others for wanting to rebel and not supporting the Mexican government |
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| COMPROMISE!! He came up with most of the major compromises; the speaker for the house; part of the corrupt bargain |
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| a former slave who spoke out against slavery; she fled her owners and went to live with the Quakers and later recovered her son |
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| had the popular vote in 1824, but didn't get the presidency; was against the bank, moved Native Americans west of the Mississippi |
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| inventor of the cotton gin |
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| a democratic-republican elected as presiden; created the Monroe Doctrine |
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| drafted the Declaration of Independence; wanted limited government to prevent tyrants, wanted a 'humble farmer' life, and wanted government for the people by capable, well-educated leaders |
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| went on an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
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| a candidate that Alexander Hamilton slandered, and so he lost the election, later he killed Hamilton in a duel |
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| helped write many parts of the Constitution, was in Congress |
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| an aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War, came up with Hamilton's Financial Plan |
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| helped write the Constitution, often called the 'Father of the Costitution,' 4th president, |
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| was a general for America, then became our first president, often called, 'the father of our country' |
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| 2nd president, Washington's vice president, first president to govern from D.C., informed of XYZ affair |
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