APUSH Unit 4 - People and Dates

Tecumseh

Led the Indian confederacy in the Great Lakes region.

Tenskwatawa

Known as 'The Prophet,' he had a vision of whites as evil spirits.

Aaron Burr

Jefferson's vice president who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton.

Gabriel Prosser

Plotted a slave revolt in Virginia.

Stephen Decatur

U.S. naval commander during the Barbary Wars.

Lewis and Clark

Led the expedition through the Louisiana Territory from 1804 to 1806.

William Henry Harrison

Hero of the Tippecanoe battle and elected president in 1840.

Henry Clay

Designed the Missouri Compromise and co-founded the Whig Party.

John C. Calhoun

Jackson's vice president who led the Nullification movement.

Oliver Hazard Perry

Defeated the British fleet on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Dolley Madison

Known as 'presidentress,' she held open-houses at the White House.

Jemima Wilkinson

A preacher who claimed to be neither male nor female.

James Tallmadge

Congressman who wanted gradual abolition in Missouri.

Sarah and Angelina Grimke

Toured the nation to campaign against slavery.

Robert Fulton

Invented the steamboat.

Martin Van Buren

Jackson's vice president and president from 1837 to 1841.

Daniel Webster

Plotted the early renewal of the bank charter with Henry Clay.

Charles Grandison Finney

Most famous preacher of the Second Great Awakening.

David Walker

Wrote 'Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World.'

Maria Stewart

Gave lectures in Boston on slavery and racial prejudice.

William Lloyd Garrison

Edited the abolitionist newspaper 'The Liberator.'

Elijah Lovejoy

Abolitionist editor killed by a pro-slavery mob.

Louisiana Territory

Explored from 1804-1806 by Lewis and Clark.

Barbary Coast

Jefferson sent the navy here to suppress pirate attacks.

Thames River, Canada

Treaty here gave the U.S. 3 million acres of Indian land.

New Orleans

Harrison defeats the British here during the War of 1812.

Florida

Battle fought here after the War of 1812 had ended.

Lowell, Massachusetts

Site of large-scale textile mills.

Georgia

Where the Cherokee Trail of Tears to Oklahoma began.

Burned Over District

Upstate NY area where the Second Great Awakening thrived.

Ghent, Belgium

Treaty signed here ended the War of 1812.

Tripoli

U.S. attacked this tribute-demanding Barbary state.

Washington, D.C.

Partially burned by the British in the War of 1812.

Horseshoe Bend

U.S. forces under Jackson defeated Creek Indians here.

Massachusetts

First state to implement a public education system.

Liberia, Africa

Where some former U.S. slaves were relocated.

Oklahoma Territory

Where Cherokee Indians were relocated.

Hartford, Connecticut

Resolutions at a meeting here ended the Federalist Party.

Tippecanoe Creek

Harrison's forces defeated Shawnees at Prophetstown.

Missouri

Admitted to the Union as a slave state in 1820.

Baltimore

British attack here inspired the 'Star-Spangled Banner.'

Thames River

U.S. defeat Brits here in Canada during the War of 1812.

1800

Thomas Jefferson elected president, known as the 'Revolution of 1800.'

1803

Marbury v. Madison and the Louisiana Purchase occurred.

1807

Embargo of 1807 was enacted.

1808

James Madison elected president.

1809

Non-intercourse Act was passed.

1810

Macon's Bill #2 was enacted.

1811

Battle of Tippecanoe occurred.

1812-1815

The War of 1812 took place.

1814

Hartford Convention was held.

1815

Clay proposed the American System.

1816

Second National Bank chartered and Monroe elected president.

1817

Madison vetoed the Bonus Bill; Dartmouth College case occurred.

1819

Panic of 1819 and McCullough v. Maryland occurred.

1820

Missouri Compromise was enacted.

1823

Monroe Doctrine was declared.

1824

John Quincy Adams elected president; 'corrupt bargain' occurred.

1825

Erie Canal was completed.

1828

Tariff of Abominations was enacted; Jackson elected president.

1829-1833

The Nullification Crisis occurred.

1832

Worcester v. Georgia and Jackson vetoed bank re-charter.

1836

Jackson issued the Specie Circular; Van Buren elected president.

1837

Panic of 1837 occurred; Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co.

1838

Cherokee Trail of Tears began.

1840

Harrison chosen as president.