APUSH Period 5 People

Quiz Date 11/15/24

Nat Turner

Nat Turner

Ex-slave born on VA plantations believing he was called by God to lead slaves out of bondage. He leads followers, attacking and killing people in 4 plantations, getting sentenced to death as a result.

William Lloyd Garrison

Northern abolitionist writer who led publishing of radical anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator, which catalyzed opinions and beliefs on slavery. Almost gets killed one time because of his beliefs in a mob.

Frederick Douglass

Ex-slave American abolitionist and writer; he learned to read (inspired by Garrison) and later escaped after he realized the immorality of slavery, later writing an autobiography of his experiences and published North Star against slavery

Harriet Tubman

"Moses" ex-slave and abolitionist who escapes and helps free over 300 slaves as a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

Sojourner Truth

Former-freed Black slave who fought for black emancipation and women's rights (if blacks can vote, so can women)

David Walker

Black former slave abolitionist associated with William Lloyd Garrison calling for immediate emancipation of slaves through force. He wrote "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World," calling for an end to the white supremacy. Because of his forceful beliefs, people also see Garrison as dangerous by association.

John Tyler

"Whig" Vice President under Harrison until he died, allowing this man to become president. He, a lone wolf full of principal and was not very well liked because he was at odds with Whigs a lot (only was a Whig bc he didn't like Jackson's policies) and was later expelled from the party because he was still majorly Democrat at heart.

James K. Polk

11th President (Pro-expansion Democrat) of the United States from Tennessee who was committed to westward expansion and led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administration

Lewis Cass

Election of 1848 Democrat candidate for Presidency but loses to Whig Zachary Taylor. Father and creator of popular sovereignty to settle slavery question

Henry Clay

Great compromiser who developed the American System and ran for president 4 times but lost every single time. In the Bank War, he tries dirty politics with Jackson via the Bank but still loses.

Zachary Taylor

Election of 1848 Whig war hero candidate who wins Presidency (because of war hero persona) but dies mid-term from stomach issues and is succeeded by Millard Fillmore. He is unsupportive of the Compromise of 1850 but his successor is and signs it in.

Stephen Douglas

Proposed Kansas Nebraska Act and was the original and later Northern Dem. Candidate of the Election of 1860. He beats Lincoln in the Lincoln-Douglas debates for senate but loses for president in 1860 because the Democratic votes became split 3 ways.

Millard Fillmore

VP successor to Election of 1848 Whig President Zachary Taylor who dies from mysterious stomach disease. Although Taylor didn't support Comp. of 1850, he does and signs it in and serves for 2 years. He doesn't run in 1852 because he's not a war hero

Franklin Pierce

Election of 1852 Dem. candidate who wins Presidency as a pro-Southern Northerner

James Buchanan

Election of 1856 Dem. Candidate because Pierce has too many enemies; he beats Rep. Fremont and American Party Fillmore because Fremont is seen as untrustworthy. He kinda sits back and does nothing his whole awful presidency; he does nothing to stop burning conflict.

Roger Taney

Judge running Dred Scott v. Sandford Case, in which he took issue steps further than that a slave can't sue: dehumanized slaves by calling them private property that can't be taken away from people, regardless of where, and illegitimized the Missouri Compromise.

Dred Scott

Enslaved man who sued for his freedom in the Dred Scott v. Sandford Case, arguing that living in free territories made him free. Supreme Court ruled against him, declaring that Black people could not be citizens.

Abraham Lincoln

Born into tough, impoverished circumstances, he rose in political standing after he showed his prowess and morality in the Lincoln-Douglas debates for senate. Though he lost, he would later represent the growing Republican party and win as anti-slavery President in the Election of 1860, where he would lead in Civil War.He also rejected the Crittenden Amendments.

John Brown

Mentally ill Northern Abolitionist who took extreme measures to fight off against Southern pro-slaveryites: he killed many innocent families in brutal manners, including in his raid. He would later be captured and sentenced to death, seen to the North as a hero/martyr but to South as a murderer

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Author of the radical novel Uncle Tom's Cabin after she saw a family get ripped apart during an outing; she exposes the truths and horrors of slavery to the North, rallying them up, and makes the world tear up at it towards Civil War.

Hinton Helper

Southern critic/writer of slavery who wrote "The Impending Crisis of the South," in which he uses statistics to prove why non-slaveholding whites suffered most from the slaves/blacks he hates so much.

George Fitzhugh

Pro-slavery social theorist justifying slavery by saying that slavery benefitted both master and slave and that society was more productive/peaceful than North's free labor. He also said black slaves were just grown up children needing slavery's protections.

Charles Sumner

Abolitionist senator not well liked who attacked and berated well-liked SC senator slave-owner Andrew Butler. As a result, Butler's distant cousin, Preston Brooks, would repeatedly cane his head in office, giving him multiple head injuries and putting him out of office for 3 years. Nobody really stopped this because he wasn't well liked, but North began to vilify Brooks' violence while South loved him.

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Before he served in the Army and represented Mississippi in the House of Reps.

Stonewall Jackson

Second in command to Robert E. Lee, he was the remarkable "Stonewall" officer that earned his nickname from the Battle of Bull Run and fought numerous battles in the Civil War. He would later go on to be shot by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Winfield Scott

Election of 1852 Whig candidate (War of 1812 War Hero) who loses to Dem. Franklin Pierce because American Party Hale pulls votes away from him.

George McClellan

General of the Union Army who was fired twice by Lincoln. Unconfident with his skill, he would reluctantly go to Richmond (Peninsula Campaign), only to fail at capturing the capital, causing his first firing. After getting re-hired, he would make a critical mistake after his narrow victory in the Battle of Antietam by not pursuing E. Lee, leading to his final firing.

Robert E. Lee

Most notable military commander of the Confederate Army from Virginia, he led remarkable victories in the Battles of Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He would go on to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in the Appomattox Courthouse.

Ulysses S. Grant

The actually good commander of the Union, making his reputation in Tennessee, Fort Donelson, and Battle of Shiloh. His best campaign was in Vicksburg, and he was a huge user of "total war."

Andrew Johnson

Running mate of President Lincoln in Election of 1864 and replaced him after his death. After attempting to dismiss SOW Edwin Stanton without Senate approval, he violates Tenure of Office Act and thus gets almost impeached by House of Reps, causing severe decrease in political power.

William Seward

Purchases Alaska for $7.2 million, which many think is a mistake (Seward's folly)

William Sherman

Officer of the Union Army who brutally raged total war along his campaigns across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, burning and raining destruction across Confederate life to decrease their morale.

John Wilkes Booth

Pro-Southern murderer of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater five days after Lee's surrender. Killed Lincoln at the pinnacle of his fame, making him look more noble than ever.

Thaddeus Stephens

Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who played a key role in impeaching Andrew Johnson and in shaping Reconstruction policies, including advocating for the abolition of slavery and civil rights for African Americans.

Edwin Stanton

Popular Secretary of War who is fired by Johnson and leads to Johnson's impeachment (almost gets impeached by 1 vote)