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| President of America in 1812, fought in the battles as president. Strong President |
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| Explorer went to headwaters of Mississippi found Pike's Peak |
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| Lewis and Clark member, explored America due to Jeffersons exploration requests. Jefferson's personal secretary. Lucky to come back alive |
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| Secretary of Treasury for Jefferson, swiss born french accented. Wanted to get rid of debt. |
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| Vice President for Jefferson's first term. Killed Hamilton in a duel after Hamilton exposed a conspiracy. |
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| Judge in D.C. Sued Madison because he lost his job, lost. He was a federalist |
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| French man who fought against Napoleon with slaves for Santo Domingo |
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| Mexico granted him huge amount of land in Texas to settle 300 American Families, needed to be Roman Catholic, and properly Mexicanized |
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| General of American opposition to Santa Anna in Texas |
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| Brilliant president of U.S. Bank, enemy of Jackson who opposed the banks. It was a monopoly |
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| 8th president, first to be born under the American Flag. Favored by Jackson who was too old to run. |
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| Third political party made up of Protestants who opposed masonic rituals, Jackson was a mason. |
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| Georgia and Jackson forced 5 main Indian Nations out of Georgia to the west, where thousands died |
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| South Carolina Exposition |
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| Written by Vice President Calhoun saying that the tariffs were unjust and unconstitutional and should be nullified within the states |
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| Required all public lands to use metal or hard money, strong blow to banks that used bank notes or paper money |
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| British worker who invented factories. |
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| Governor of New York who sanctioned the Eerie Canal |
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| Invented the cotton gin and the concept of interchangeable parts |
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| Sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe who urged woman to become teachers |
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| Order of the Star Spangled Banner |
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| Party that hated immigration, and promoted literature |
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| Invented a machine that could "mow" fields for northern farmers |
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| Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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| Abolitionist Reverend who was attacked by mobs |
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| States in the South that grew cotton |
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| African American Abolitionist |
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| New York freed Slave who fought for women's rights and abolition. |
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| Free slave who was a gifted orator |
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| Abolitionist Wealthy merchant brothers in New York City |
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| Anything against slavery couldn't be brought up in congress. |
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| Chief Clerk of the State Department who tried to negotiate with Santa Anna, but he wrote poorly. |
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| Helped overthrow the Mexican Government out of California. He was a Captain in the army, as well as an explorer. |
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| Representative from Pennsylvania who made an amendment saying that slavery couldn't exist in an territory won from Mexico. |
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| Fought in several major wars in the 19th century, ran for President as a Whig and lost. |
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| General in the Mexican War who became President. |
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| Sent by Polk to Mexico City to minister with a maximum of $25 Million, but who got thrown out. |
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| The belief that a higher power is guiding our country. |
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| Company with a monopoly on a lot of land in the North. |
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| Underground Railway Conductor. Called Moses because she rescued more than 300 slaves in 19 trips to the South. |
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| Secret Meeting in Belgium resulted in in this Manifesto. It urged Spain to sell Cuba for $120 million, and if they didn't America would steal it. |
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| Made up by Cass, it said that the territories should decide if they want slavery or not. |
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| Sent to Japan in a bunch of Warships to make a trade deal with Japan. Successful. |
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| South Carolinian Rail Road men became Minister to Mexico. |
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| Whig Presidential Candidate in 1852, lost because of his personality. |
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| Party of Whigs who wanted no slavery in the territories |
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| Extremist Pro-Slavery Southern Politicians |
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| Actor who assassinated Lincoln. |
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| Union General, called Young Napoleon. Attacked Richmond, lost. |
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| Battle in Maryland. Lee attacked, McClellan retaliated and won. |
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| "Stonewall". Confederate leader, won several battles. Died because of friendly fire. |
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| Crazy anti-war protestors who attacked drafts and opposed the war. |
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| Advanced Confederate Ironclad |
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| Lincoln's running mate in the election of 1864. War Democrat |
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| Farewell address written for Washington which he never read out loud. |
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| New tax on Whisky ticked people off, Washington sent militia to stop riots |
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| French Ambassador who defied American wishes in a French British war, would have been sent to the guillotine, but America gave him haven. |
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| In late 1780's through 1800 the French executed all of their monarchy, claiming it was in accordance with the American Revolution. |
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| Organized the courts, with a chief justice and five other judges, as well as district courts, etc. |
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| France annulled the twenty-two-year-old marriage of convenience, and America paid damage claims of American Shippers. |
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| Federalist Justice appointed by Adams. Frequently sided with Hamilton. Chief Justice |
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| America bought Old-Northwest of Indiana and Ohio from the Indian Confederacy for $20,000 and an annual pay of $9,000 |
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| Key wrote the star spangled banner while being a British prisoner in one the battles of 1812 |
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| American Writer famous for writing books with American Scenes and themes |
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| First Democrat. "State's Rights" President. Log Cabin President. |
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| Contemporary of Washington Irving who wrote American themed books |
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| Fought Indians and in the War of 1812, became President. |
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| Land became very cheap for people wanting to settle the west, only $1.25 an acre. |
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| Slaves would be allowed in Missouri, but no other colonies above the 36 30'. |
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| Supported by Adams, it made it was a declaration that Europe should not colonize and not intervene in America. |
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| Southern Antislavery Man, Published the Impending Crisis of the South. |
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| Mississippi Democrat Senator who went on to become the President of the Confederacy |
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| Pottawatomie Creek Massacre |
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| John Brown's attack on Kansas Slave owning settlers. |
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| An argument in the Freeport, Illinois between Lincoln and Douglas over whether the slavery in a territory should be decided by the federal government or the community. |
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| A compromise on top of the Missouri Compromise saying that below the 36 30 slavery would have federal protection to new and existing territories. Any new territories could choose slavery. |
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| New England Immigrant Aid Society |
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| Anti-slavery organization that sent people to Kansas to stop slavery there. |
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| Debates between Lincoln and Douglas over who was to win an election to Senate in Illinois, mainly focusing on slavery |
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| American (Know-nothing) Party |
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| Female Union Nurse who improved hospital conditions. |
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| Secretary of War under Lincoln. |
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| Union warship stopped British mail steamer over the confederate Blockade. Lincoln released prisoners to stop a new war. |
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| Increased tariff so U.S. could afford the Civil War. |
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| New York Riots where Irishmen attacked African Americans and landmarks over the draft. |
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| American minister who convinced Britain to stop manufacturing Confederate ships. |
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| Confederate war ship manufactured by Britain. Destroyed by Union Ship. |
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| Chief Justice from Maryland during the Dred Scott case. |
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| America's first female physician |
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| Feminist Editor of the Dial, tried to free Italy, killed in Shipwreck. |
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| Wrote patriotic schoolbooks and standardized language with his Dictionary. |
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| Scottish man who founded communal utopia society, failed |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| American poet who taught at Harvard and was influenced by transcendentalists. |
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| College Professor who wrote America's first widely used textbooks. |
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| Taught art, mostly art of nature and painting |
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| American Folk music writer, went to South and learned slave songs. |
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