Final Exam review people Flashcards
Thomas Jefferson
- part of Louisiana purchase, which doubled america in size
- bad decision: In the War of 1812 he cut off military spending
Christopher Columbus
-brought Native American culture to England
Harriett Breecher Stowe
- Writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- South considered UTC a propaganda
Abraham Lincolm
- Made Gettysburg Address+ Emancipation Proclamation
- Main goal in civil war: reunite the country
- election caused south to secede
George Washington
- first president
- set precedents for future presidents
` ex.: stepping down after two terms
-sent military when protesters started to riot in the Whisky Rebellion
-Told america to not get involved with other countries, especially Europe
Alexander Hamilton
-put in charge of getting U.S. out of debt
` set up national bank
Andrew Jackson
-first president not born into wealth
- believed in the common people (not rich)
-executed Indian removal, trail of tears
` reasoning? to the native Americans, to preserve their culture and start a better life. For the South, to use the fertile land and grow cotton.
we all know how this ended up for the natives.
-first to use spoils system and kitchen cabinet
-Shut down bank of the U.S, LEADING TO BANK CRISIS :(((
Sons of Liberty
-tortured tax collectors
`ex: tarred feathers on them
-fact you 90% probably don’t need to know: created after stamp act passed, “no taxation without representation”
Daughters of liberty
- helped the protesters against Tea Act
by making their own tea
John Adans
- kept us out of war
- responsible for running the XYZ affair
- blocking ships was cool too
Harriett Tubman
- conductor of the underground railroad
- Civil Rights advocate
- incredibly brave; risked life 19 times
