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5.4-5.6 Historical Figures Flashcards

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Thomas Jefferson

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Third president of the United States

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John Marshall

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by President Adams

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Thomas Pinckney

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Sent by President Washington to negotiate with Spain on opening ports for US ships

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

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Led a Haitian revolt against the French

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Emperor of France

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Robert Livingston

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Along with James Monroe, helped to negotiate with Talleyrand on buying Louisiana

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Meriwether Lewis

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Along with William Clark, explored the west on behalf of President Jefferson

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Sacajawea

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Helped Lewis and Clark on their journey

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Zebulon Pike

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Explored the upper Mississippi River, the Arkansas River, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico before Lewis & Clark

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Stephen Decatur

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Set fire to the Philadelphia so that the Tripoli pirates cannot use it

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Tecumseh

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Organized Native Americans to resist white settlers

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William Henry Harrison

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Governor of Indiana Territory

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Henry Clay

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Outspoken war hawk from Kentucky

supported war of 1812, ♥ FEDERAL GOV (American system)

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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Built his own ships to fight against the British

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Andrew Jackson

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Crushed the Creeks at the Battle of Horseshoe bend

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Dolley Madison

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Gathered important papers and Washinton’s portrait before fleeing the White house

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Richard Allen

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African american who helped defend Philadelphia against the British

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Andrew Jackson

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Won the Battle of New Orleans

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Daniel Webster

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Northern Hampshire

against war of 1812, FEDERAL GOV

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Francis Scott Key

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Star spangled banner

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Isaac Hull

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Cap’n of USS Constitution, beat the Guerriere

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James Monroe

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Prez #5

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John C. Calhoun

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SC senator

supported war of 1812, STATE GOV

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Simon Bolivar

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Prez of Republic of Great Colombia

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William Hull

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Didn’t get Canada :(

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