exam rev. people Flashcards
Signed the charter creating the colony of Georgia on April 21, 1732
King George the II
Remembered for two things: losing the American colonies and going mad.
King George iii
First American president, commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and farmer.
George Washington
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
Benjamin Franklin
American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
John Adams
Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington’s presidency.
Alexander Hamilton
An American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
He led a surprise uprising against the British at Detroit, which failed when the British learned of the attack. He and his forces later returned and laid siege to the fort, but ultimately it was never taken.
Chief Pontiac
A Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.
Tecumseh
The first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.
Crispus Attucks
An American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
Andrew Jackson
An American politician, soldier, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He created numerous programs to provide relief to the unemployed and farmers while seeking economic recovery with the National Recovery Administration and other programs. He also instituted major regulatory reforms related to finance, communications, and labor, and presided over the end of Prohibition.
Theodore/Teddy Roosevelt
An American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately commanded all the Confederate armies
Robert E. Lee
The 16th man to be elected to the presidency of the United States, and, for many, the greatest. His record speaks for itself: he led the Union to victory in the American Civil War, abolished slavery, and delivered some of the most famous speeches in human history.
Abe Lincoln
Unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters
Dred Scott
An American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
An American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, she made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Staunton, Virginia, U.S. Washington, D.C., U.S.
Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to lead the Food Administration. He became famous as his country’s “food czar”. He served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
An American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. After consultations with his advisers, ordered atomic bombs dropped on cities devoted to war work.
Harry S. Truman
Served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president.
JFK
Served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
Lyndon B. Johnson
