Chap 7 Andrew Jackson People Chart

People quiz

Alexis de Tocqueville

French philosopher, politician and author; his work, democracy in America, encourages Americans to form their own culture rather than mimicking that of Europeans.

Noah Webster

American author who published works on American grammar and language, most famous work was an American dictionary of the English language, published in 1828, which included thousands of words that had not been previously defined in other dictionaries.

James Monroe

Negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase, and the fifth president of the US. He put forth the monroe doctrine establishing the US sphere of influence in the western hemisphere that became the foundation of US foreign policy.

John Quincy Adams

Son of John Adams and sec of state to James Monroe; he largely formulated the monroe doctrine. He was the 6th president of the US and later became a rep in Congress.

John C. Calhoun

American politician and supporter of slavery and states rights; he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis.

Samuel Slater

Brought a design for a textile mill to America, known as founder of American cotton industry.

Francis Lowell

American industrialist who developed the Lowell system. He hired young women to live and work in his mill.

Robert Fulton

Built the first commercially successful full sized steamboat, the Clermont, which led to the development of commercial steamboat ferry services for goods and people.

Samuel F.B. Morse

Artist and inventor; he applied scientists discoveries of electricity and magnetism to develop the telegraph.

Eli Whitney

Invented the cotton gin; he introduced the technology of mass production through the development of interchangeable parts in weapon making.

Thomas Cole

Painter, helped establish the Hudson River School.

John Marshall

Chief Justice of the US from 1801-1835. Believed in a strong national government. Two key rulings.

Henry Clay

Speaker of US House of Reps. Plan was called the American System.

Andrew Jackson

Served in senate and house of reps. known as “Old Hickory” and “Hero of New Orleans”, created democratic party.

Sequoya

Cherokee who created a writing system for the Cherokee language.

Robert Hayne

Maintained that the federal government was an agreement among the states.

James Watt

Improved the steam engine. Powered Industrial Rev.

Moses Brown

Built with Slater a water powered spinning mill, “First successful textile mill”

James H. Hammond

“Cotton is King” he announced on senate floor.