APUSH Period 4 (1800 - 1848): Review (Key People)

John Quincy Adams

A president from 1825-1829, was the author of the Monroe Doctrine, and played a crucial role in negotiating the Adams-Onís Treaty

Napoleon Bonaparte

Took power in France the same year as the Haitian Revolution and sent a bunch of troops to reclaim the island

John C. Calhoun

Was elected vice president in 1824, opposed the policies of John Quincy Adams, fearing any expansion of federal power would be used to restrict the spread of slavery

William Clark

Co-captain of the expedition to explore territory along the Missouri River after the Louisiana Purchase

Henry Clay

American statesman from Kentucky, he negotiated key legislative agreements that averted civil conflict like the Missouri Compromise

Thomas Cole

Frederick Douglass

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Charles Grandison Finney

Margaret Fuller

William Lloyd Garrison

Angelina Grimké

Sarah Grimké

William Henry Harrison

Tricked several American Indian leaders into signing a treaty selling three million acres of land to the United States for only $7,600, angering the natives

Sam Houston

Led rebel forces to a victory at San Jacinto in April 1836 to gain territory in Texas during an uprising for independence

Washington Irving

Andrew Jackson

Seventh President (1829–1837). A key aspect of his presidency included his opposition to the Second Bank of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

A Democratic-Republican who envisioned the US as a republic composed of small, independent farmers, but still helped with the expansion of the new nation

Meriwether Lewis

Headed the venture to explore territory along the Missouri River after the Louisiana Purchase

Toussaint L’Ouverture

A military leader and freedperson during the Haitian Revolution, claimed the presidency of the new Republic of Haiti (was then seized by the French and sent to prison where he died)

William Marbury

When James Madison refused to deliver the appointment papers to several of the appointees of the circuit courts, Marbury and three others sued Madison in one of the first cases to test the Court’s authority

John Marshall

Chief Justice of the US (1801-1835), insisted that the powers of the Supreme Court must be equal to those of the executive and legislative branches and established judicial review

William Miller

James Monroe

Fifth U.S. President (1817-1825). He’s known for the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European intervention in the Americas. His presidency oversaw significant national growth and expansion, including the acquisition of Florida and the Missouri Compromise of 1820

Samuel F. B. Morse

James K. Polk

Sacagawea

The only American Indian woman to travel as a permanent member of the Corps of Discovery

Antonio López de Santa Anna

A Mexican General who appointed a military commander to rule Texas. When US migrants organized rebellion, he crushed settlers defending the Alamo

Winfield Scott

Assisted by 7,000 US soldiers, forced 15,000 Cherokes into forts and military camps. There, they spent the next several months preparing for the Trail of Tears

Samuel Slater

Was hired as an apprentice in an English mill, then began to seek greater opportunity in America, and helped build a spinning mill in Rhode Island

Joseph Smith

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Zachary Taylor

Tecumseh

Encouraged native peoples to resist white encroachments on their territory and to give up all aspects of white society and culture including liquor and other popular trade goods

Tenskwatawa

Encouraged native peoples to resist white encroachments on their territory and to give up all aspects of white society and culture including liquor and other popular trade goods

Henry David Thoreau

Nat Turner

An enslaved man who believed God had given him a mission. He and his followers killed his enslavers, then led an insurrection that led to the deaths of 57 white men, women, and children. He was eventually caught, tried, and hung

John Tyler

Joined the Whig party because of his opposition to Jackson’s stand on nullification

Martin Van Buren

Led the fight to eliminate property qualifications for voting, and argued the only qualification should be the “virtue and morality of the people” (by people he meant white men)

David Walkr

Mercy Otis Warren

Mason Weems

Eli Whitney

Built a machine that could spend the process of deseedin short-staple cotton, and then later went on to create the Amercan system of manufacturing

Jemima Wilkinson

Brigham Young