AH homies and battles

George McClellan

Union general who failed in the battle of Antietam. Was booted out by Lincoln.

Benjamin Franklin

The sage of the constitutional convention. Was a printer, scientist, and secured an alliance with France.

Governor Morris

Wanted a strong national government. He hated slavery, and wrote the preamble.

James Wilson

Popular sovereignty guy! Scottish, proposed the 3/5 compromise for slavery

John Rutledge

former governor. Got his stuff stolen in South Carolina. Was pro slavery.

William Patterson

NJ plan

Roger Sherman

Proposed the great compromise

George Mason

Was so caught up about natural rights/checks and balances that he REFUSED to sign the constitution.

James Madison

Virginia Plan, fed 10/51, federalist → demo-repub

John Adams

Wanted bicameral legislature, 2nd president

George Washington

Was a supporter of the Classical Republican ideal of virtue.

John Beckinridge

Ran against Lincoln for the southern democrats on a pro-slavery platform

Robert E. Lee

Confederate general. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. After surrendering at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, he urged reconciliation with the North

Dred Scott

Slave who sued the government unsuccessfully for his freedom (supreme court declared missouri compromise unconstitutional)

Alexander Hamilton

Served as the first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington and founded the Federalist Party. He also co-wrote The Federalist and championed a strong central government.

Frederick Douglass

His experiences in slavery gave him credibility. He wrote the 4th of july thing. Said God DID NOT establish slavery and it is the Christian duty to eradicate it. Also talked about hypocrisy.

John Brown

Led 19 men to go raid people and try to start a slave rebellion. Hacked a bunch of limbs. Ended up a maurder in the north and feared in the south.

John Wesly

Condemned slave trade as an early abolitionist in the methodist church.

Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Wrote Seneca Falls Declaration

The Anti-Feds

Patrick Henry, George Mason, Samuel Adams, Brutus!

Feds

Pickneys, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph, Wilson, Jefferson

What did Turner talk about?

Manifest destiny/expansion of the west. The frontier was the most democratic thing for America.