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American History 8th grade People Answer Key

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Authors and Slaves- Who IS
#1 Was an escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman
#2 wrote the Declaration of Independence, beame the 3rd president of the US, and purchased the Luisiana Territory Thomas Jefferson
#3 This authors Doctrine shut down the Western Hemisphere to European expansion or interference James Monroe
#4 Former slave who became the best known black abolitionist in the country Frederick Douglas
#5 Wrote pamphlets like the Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American Independence and resolve Thomas Paine
Great Leaders- Who IS
#1 I was the 16th president, put the union back together and was assassinated 5 days later. Abraham Lincoln
#2 I was the leader of the continental army and became the first president of the United States George Washington
#3 Leader of the original Democratic Party and a 'Preisdent of the People', also responsible for the trail of tears Andrew Jackson
#4 I was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War Jefferson Davis
#5 The leader of the Federalists, first Treasurer of the US, Creator of the Banks of the US, killed ina duel by the Vice President of the US Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton
Important People
#1 General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North Ulysses S Grant
#2 organized the Seneca Falls convention creating the Womens Rights Movement in the US Eliozabeth Cady Stanton
#3 Was a powerful Kentucky congressmqan and Senator who proposed the American System and Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay
#4 Was a South Carolina Congressman and senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War John C. Calhoun
#5 Was a Massachusetts Congressman and senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union Daniel Webster
More Important People
#1 inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of independence, and delegate tothe Constitutional Convention Ben Franklin
#2 member of the Sons Of Liberty who started the Committee if Correspondence to stir public support for American Independence Sam Adams
#3 General of the Confederate Army Robert E. Lee
#4 disbanded the Colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, refused the olive brance petitiion, King of England King George the III
#5 became famous for fiery speeches, most famous for 'Give me Liberty or Give me Death' Patrick Henry
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Final Question
I am considered the 'Father of the Constitution' James Madison