U.s. History Staar #2

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Haym Salomon

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jewish immigrant and American spy helped finance the American Revolution

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Crispus Attucks

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African American killed at the Boston Massacre

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Mercy Otis Warren

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women who wrote plays such as The Group and The Blockheads

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Bernardo de Galvez

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Spanish governor of Louisiana

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Commander of the French forces in the 13 colonies

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John Adams

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2nd president of the United States

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Abigail Adams

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pioneer for womens rights

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Sam Adams

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member of the sons of liberty

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Thomas paine

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wrote common sense

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Patrick Henry

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anti-federalist, patriot

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Charles de Montesquieu

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philosopher - separation of powers

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John Locke

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philosopher - unalienable rights

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William Blackstone

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philosopher - natural rights (bill of rights)

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James Madison

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father of the Constitution

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Alexander Hamilton

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leader of the Federalists, first treasurer of the United States

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Thomas Jefferson

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wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Andrew Jackson

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her of the Battle of New Orleans, 7th president of the United States

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James Monroe

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5th president of the United States

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Robert Fulton

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invented the steamboat

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Samuel Morse

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invented the telegraph

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Samuel Slater

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textile mills

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Eli Whitney

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cotton gin

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John Quincy Adams

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6th president of the United States, known for his opposition to slavery

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Daniel Webster

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Senator who spoke for the South during the Civil War

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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created the women's rights movement

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Frederick Douglass

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most well known abolitionist

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

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John Brown

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Seized a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th president of the United States; served during the Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederacy

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Ulysses S. Grant

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General of the Union Army during the Civil War

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Robert E. Lee

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General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War

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Thomas "stonewall" Jackson

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2nd best General of the Confederate Army

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William Carney & Philip Bazaar

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won congressional medal of honor for heroism during the civil war

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Hiram Rhodes Revels

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first African American elected to congress

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John paul Jones

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Father of the American Navy

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Paul Revere

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famous silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty

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Nathan Hale

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"I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

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George Mason

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1st Anti-federalist; helped get the Bill of Rights added to the constitution

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John C. Calhoun

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vice president under Andrew Jackson

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Lewis & Clark

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hired by Jefferson to scope out the Louisiana Territory

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Sacagawea

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Indian guide to Lewis & Clark

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Cyrus McCormick

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inventor of mechanical reaper

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Samuel Colt

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created the six shooter

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Horace Greeley

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urged young American men to "go west, young men."

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William Lloyd Garrison

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founder of "The Liberator"

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Henry David Thoreau

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Author of "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience"

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Angelina and Sarah Grimke

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first women to speak in front of a legislative body

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Susan B. Anthony

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founder of the womens suffrage movement

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Dorthea Dix

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helped improve living standards in jails and mental institutions

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Clara Barton

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founded the Red Cross

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Horace Mann

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father of public education