History Exam Chapter 1-17 Flashcards
When was the Spanish Armada defeated
1588
When was the Boston Tea Party
1773
When was the Treaty of Paris signed
1783
When was Jamestown Founded
1607
When was the Louisiana Purchase
1803
When was the Mexican War
1846
When was the French and Indian War
1754
When was the Monroe Doctrine
1823
When was the Founding of the Republican Party
1854
When was the Declaration of Independence signed
1776
Who was the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America during the American Revolution
Thomas Gage
Who became an important part in the British campaign against the French Coast
John Burgoyne
Known as Old Fuss and Feather
Winfield Scott
Who was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans
David Brainerd
Who was a US Army officer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was named
Pikes Peak
Who defended the South Carolina Nullification Ordinance
Robert Hayne
Who was a general and national hero in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812
Zachary Taylor
Who was a pastor to the Pilgrims
John Robinson
Who wrote The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was a Royalist Statesman in New Jersey and England
George Carteret
Who was the 11th President
James K. Polk
Who invented Morse Code
Samuel F.B. Morse
Who was a prime mover in the founding of the first foreign mission societies in North America
Samuel J. Mills
Who was one of the first women who crossed the Mississippi River
Eliza Splalding
Who was the 16th president
Abraham Lincoln
Who became the 17th president after Lincoln’s Assassination
Andrew Johnson
Who was an American freeman and educator who founded Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the Confederate General who lost Atlanta, Georgia and failed to stop Sherman’s March to the Sea
John B. Hood
Who was a Union general who captured Atlanta, GA and led the March to the Sea
William T. Sherman
Who was known as “Unconditional Surrender Grant”
Ulysses S. Grant
Who founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Who was a Virginian Military Officer who served as the commanding general of the Confederates during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
Who was known for his Presbyterian faith and as the South’s greatest commander after Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general who reinforced P. G. T. Beauregard at the First Battle of Bull Run
Joseph E. Johnston
Who was frequently appointed and removed as commander of the Union Army
George B. McClellan
Who was the Union general who lost the First Battle of Bull Run
Irvin McDowell
Union general who founded Hampton University
Samuel Chapman Armstrong
