U.s history matching column

John Rolfe

Introduced tobacco cultivation, Virginia's major cash crop.

Roger Williams

Founded Rhode Island for religious freedom and separation of church and state.

Alexander Hamilton

First Secretary of the Treasury, Founding Father, co-author of the Federalist Papers, creator of the national bank.

James Madison

Fourth President, primary author of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 'Father of the Constitution.'

Aaron Burr

Third Vice President, known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

Lewis & Clark

Led the Corps of Discovery Expedition, mapped the Louisiana Territory.

Tecumseh

Shawnee leader who tried to unite Native American tribes against American expansion.

Andrew Jackson

Seventh President, founder of the Democratic Party, known for the Battle of New Orleans and the Indian Removal Act.

Frederick Douglass

Former enslaved person, leading abolitionist, writer, and orator.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' fueled the abolitionist movement.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Union General, known for the 'March to the Sea.'

William Marcy Tweed

Political boss of Tammany Hall, notorious for corruption.

Thomas Nast

Influential political cartoonist, exposed the corruption of Tammany Hall and Tweed.

George Armstrong Custer

U.S. Army officer defeated and killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Andrew Carnegie

Industrialist, led the expansion of the American steel industry.

J.P

Powerful financier, dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation.

William Jennings Bryan

Three-time Democratic presidential candidate, known for the 'Cross of Gold' speech.

Susan B

Leading figure in the women's suffrage movement.

Booker T

Prominent African American educator, founder of the Tuskegee Institute.

W.E.B

Civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP.

Jacob Riis

Journalist and photographer, exposed urban poor living conditions.

Samuel Gompers

Founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), advocated for workers' rights.

Ida Tarbell

Investigative journalist, exposed corrupt practices of the Standard Oil Company.

Upton Sinclair

Author of 'The Jungle,' exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.

Jane Addams

Social reformer, founder of Hull House in Chicago.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Naval historian, argued naval power was crucial to global dominance.

Joseph Pulitzer

Newspaper publisher, developed yellow journalism, established the Pulitzer Prizes.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President, known for Progressive reforms and conservation efforts.

William Howard Taft

27th President, known for antitrust legislation and judicial reforms.

Al Smith

Governor of New York, first Catholic to run for President as a major party candidate.

Woodrow Wilson

28th President, led the country during World War I, advocated for the League of Nations.

John J

General of the Armies, led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

Bernard Baruch

Influential economic advisor, mobilized the economy during World War I.