Transcript Show Me The People (game)

He was a skilled
Confederate general
from Virginia.
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.
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.
He 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.
He established the French
settlement of Quebec.
He claimed the Mississippi
River Valley for France.
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.
He was the British
general who surrendered
at Yorktown.
He championed the
cause of independence.
A two-party system
emerged during his term
as president.
He was an outspoken
member of House of
Burgesses. He inspired
colonial patriotism with
“Give me liberty or give
me death” speech.
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 his election, the southern states seceded
from the Union. He and many Northerners believed
that the United States was one nation that could not
be separated or divided.
He was a prominent
member of Continental
Congress; he helped
frame the Declaration of
Independence.
A former slave who wrote
poems and plays
supporting American
independence.
Patriot who made a daring
ride to warn colonists of
British arrival.
He was general of the
Union army that defeated
Robert E. Lee.
The British king during
the Revolutionary era.
She believed that slavery
was wrong and became an
abolitionist leader.
He and others led patriots
in throwing tea into
Boston Harbor to protest
tea taxes.
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.
He was an African
American astronomer and
surveyor who helped
complete the design for
the city of Washington,
D.C.
She was a Civil War nurse
who created the American
Red Cross.
He worked with Jo
Anderson to invent the
reaper. The reaper
increased the productivity
of the American farmer.
He was an abolitionist
leader.
The steamboat was invented
by him. It provided faster
river transportation that
connected Southern
plantations and farms to
Northern industries.
He introduced the Monroe
Doctrine warning European
nations not to interfere in
the Western Hemisphere.
He explored eastern
Canada.
He and William Clark explored
the Louisiana Purchase from
Missouri to the Pacific.
He was a sailor who later
became a Union naval captain
and was highly honored for his
feats of bravery and heroism.
He became a Congressman
after the Civil War.
She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
She was a leader of the
suffrage movement.
He was a leader of the
abolitionist movement.
The cotton gin was improved
by him. It increased the
production of cotton and
thus increased the need for
slave labor to cultivate and
pick the cotton.
He
and
Merriwether
Lewis
explored the Louisiana Purchase
from Missouri to the Pacific.
He was President of the
Confederate States of
America.
He was a slave who worked
with Cyrus McCormick to
invent the reaper.