Transcript USI_SHOW_ME_THE_PEOPLE_REVIEW

SHOW ME THE
PEOPLE
US HISTORY I
REVIEW
January 1, 2007
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He was a skilled
Confederate general
from Virginia.
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He was a major author of the Declaration
of Independence He was the leader of
the Democratic Republicans. He favored
a weak national government. He
supported states’ powers and small
business and farmers. He opposed a
national bank.He bought Louisiana from
France (Louisiana Purchase).Lewis and
Clark explored this new land west of the
Mississippi River.
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He was the leader of the Army of Northern
Virginia. He was offered command of the
Union forces at the beginning of the war
but chose not to fight against Virginia. He
opposed secession, but did not believe the
union should be held together by force. He
urged Southerners to accept defeat at the
end of the war and reunite as Americans
when some wanted to fight on.
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James Madison was the
author of the Bill of Rights.
The War of l812, which was
fought during his presidency,
caused European nations to
gain respect for the United
States.
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He claimed southwest
United States for Spain.
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He established the French
settlement of Quebec.
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He claimed the Mississippi
River Valley for France.
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He was Commander of the Continental
Army. During his presidency the federal
court system was established, political
parties grew out of the disagreements
between Hamilton and Jefferson over the
proper role of the national government,
the Bill of Rights was added to the
Constitution of the United States of
America,
plans
were
initiated
for
development of the national capital in
Washington, D.C.
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He was the British
general who surrendered
at Yorktown.
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He championed the
cause of independence.
A two-party system
emerged during his term
as president.
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He was an outspoken
member of House of
Burgesses. He inspired
colonial patriotism with
“Give me liberty or give
me death” speech.
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He was President of the United States. He opposed
the spread of slavery and issued the Emancipation
Proclamation. He was determined to preserve the
Union—by force if necessary. He believed the United
States was one nation, not a collection of
independent states. He wrote the Gettysburg Address
that said the Civil War was to preserve a government
“of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Following Lincoln’s election, the southern states
seceded from the Union. Lincoln and many
Northerners believed that the United States was one
nation that could not be separated or divided.
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He was a prominent
member of Continental
Congress; he helped
frame the Declaration of
Independence.
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He was a journalist and
author of Common Sense.
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A former slave who wrote
poems and plays
supporting American
independence.
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Patriot who made a daring
ride to warn colonists of
British arrival.
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He was general of the
Union army that defeated
Robert E. Lee.
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The British king during
the Revolutionary era.
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She believed that slavery
was wrong and became an
abolitionist leader.
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Samuel Adams and others
led patriots in throwing
tea into Boston Harbor to
protest tea taxes.
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He was the leader of the
Federalists, who favored a
strong national government,
limits on states’ powers, the
development of industry on
a national scale, and a
national bank.
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Benjamin Banneker, an
African American
astronomer and surveyor,
helped complete the
design for the city of
Washington, D.C.
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Clara Barton, a Civil War
nurse, created the
American Red Cross.
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Cyrus McCormick worked
with Jo Anderson to invent
the reaper. The reaper
increased the productivity
of the American farmer.
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He was an abolitionist
leader.
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The steamboat was invented
by Robert Fulton. It provided
faster river transportation
that connected Southern
plantations and farms to
Northern industries.
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He introduced the Monroe
Doctrine warning European
nations not to interfere in
the Western Hemisphere.
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John Cabot explored
eastern Canada.
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Meriwether Lewis explored
this new land west of the
Mississippi River. In the Lewis
and Clark expedition,
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark explored the Louisiana
Purchase from the Mississippi
River to the Pacific Ocean.
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Robert Smalls, a sailor and
later a Union naval captain,
was highly honored for his
feats of bravery and heroism.
He became a Congressman
after the Civil War.
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She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
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She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
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She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
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He was a leader of the
abolitionist movement.
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The cotton gin was improved
by Eli Whitney. It increased
the production of cotton and
thus increased the need for
slave labor to cultivate and
pick the cotton.
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William Clark explored this new
land west of the Mississippi River.
In the Lewis and Clark expedition,
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark explored the Louisiana
Purchase from the Mississippi
River to the Pacific Ocean.
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Jefferson Davis was
President of the
Confederate States of
America.
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He was a slave who worked
with Cyrus McCormick to
invent the reaper.
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He was the man whose ideas
include: people have natural rights
to life, liberty, and property;
government is created to protect
the rights of people and has only
the limited and specific powers the
people consent to give it.
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