Final Exam review people

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 1

• part of Louisiana purchase, which doubled america in size

- bad decision: In the War of 1812 he cut off military spending

Question 2

Christopher Columbus

Answer 2

-brought Native American culture to England

Question 3

Harriett Breecher Stowe

Answer 3

• Writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

- South considered UTC a propaganda

Question 4

Abraham Lincolm

Answer 4

• Made Gettysburg Address+ Emancipation Proclamation
• Main goal in civil war: reunite the country
• election caused south to secede

Question 5

George Washington

Answer 5

• 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

Question 6

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 6

-put in charge of getting U.S. out of debt

` set up national bank

Question 7

Andrew Jackson

Answer 7

-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 :(((

Question 8

Sons of Liberty

Answer 8

-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”

Question 9

Daughters of liberty

Answer 9

• helped the protesters against Tea Act

by making their own tea

Question 10

John Adans

Answer 10

• kept us out of war
• responsible for running the XYZ affair
• blocking ships was cool too

Question 11

Harriett Tubman

Answer 11

• conductor of the underground railroad
• Civil Rights advocate
• incredibly brave; risked life 19 times