Honors US History Finals Study Guide 2

Semester 1 - People to Know

John Marshall

Chief Justice who worked to enshrine the principles of Judicial review and a strong federal government

Alexander Hamilton

Created the national financial system and established the Bank of the United States

Thomas Paine

Wrote Common Sense in 1776

Aaron Burr

Killed Alexander Hamilton in a famous due, Tied Jefferson in the election of 1800

John Quincy Adams

Aloof president who was better as secretary of state

Jefferson Davis

Only leader (president) of the Confederate States during the Civil War

Eli Whitney

Created Cotton Gin

George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

Robert E Lee

Leader of the Confederacy

Ulysses S Grant

Abraham Lincoln's final and most successful choice as commander of the Union Army during the Civil War

John Wilkes Booth

Actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

Santa Anna

Mexican leader during Texas Revolution, Defeated at San Jacinto and captured by Texans

Sam Houston

Captured Santa Anna, Led Texas independence movement, First president of the Republic of Texas

Joseph Smith

Founded Mormon Church

Horace Mann 14

Created public school system reforms

William McGuffey

Created McGuffey Readers (school textbooks)

Nathaniel Bacon

Led Bacon's Rebellion against Virginia's governor over land and protection issues

William Walker

"Gray eyed man of destiny", President of Nicaragua and legalizes slavery

James K Polk

Developed a four point program

Stephen Kearney

Led a detachment of 1700 troops over Santa Fe trail, Led U.S. forces to capture New Mexico and helped secure California

Zachary Tayler

War "Hero of Buena Vista", Harvested 1,360,967 popular and 163 electoral votes
opposed expanding slavery into new territories

Admiral Perry

Won the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) in the War of 1812, Helped the U.S. gain control of the Great Lakes

Francis Scott Key

Wrote the poem that became The Star-Spangled Banner.

Andrew Jackson

white supremacist, First president from the West, Expanded voting rights for white men, opposed national bank

Harriett Tubman

Rescued more than 300 enslaved people after escaping slavery in Maryland

Captain John Smith

Organized Jamestown and imposed a harsh law "He who will not work shall not eat".