President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson used this tool to savagely beat Richard Lawrence after a failed assassination attempt
What is a cane?
On our walking field trip we saw the Kellogg Eye Center, by the historical markers on the parking structure, the site of this early 5th ward school.
What is the Donovan School?
The civil war began with the secession of South Carolina due to the election of this President
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This event is often viewed as the beginning of the Reconstruction Period.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
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This Mesopotamian king, viewed as half man and half god, is enshrined in the oldest story we know of currently.
Who is Gilgamesh?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Mount Rushmore features these 4 presidents that reflect "independence, to self-government, to freedom and to economic justice."
Who are Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Roosevelt?
This battle, for control of a fort, marked the unofficial start to the Civil War including the first casualty (during the salute after the battle).
What is the battle of Fort Sumter?
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln this man took over as president and (according to many) derailed Reconstruction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This explorer (and pool game) wrote extensively about his travels on the Silk Road though experts question his reliability as it seems much of his writing was done by his cellmate in Italy.
Who is Marco Polo?
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A political strategy made famous in the election of 1828 that involved name calling such as a "hatchet faced nutmeg dealer" (Stephen Douglas)
What is mudslinging?
This group of activists after civil war worked to create monuments as well as create curriculum, textbooks, and child activities to remember the history of the south.
Who are the United Daughters of the Confederacy
This was the number one cause of death among Civil War soldiers
What is disease?
Shermans Field Order 15 stipulated that each family of freedmen would be given this, a phrase now synonymous with reparations.
What is 40 acres and a mule?
This King of Mali literally put Timbuktu on the map and single handedly crashed the economy of Egypt on his pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The term for Andrew Jackson's style of politics that appeals to the common man
What is a populist?
A Battle Creek monument that sits at the center of their downtown area features this icon complete with their bible and an engraving of the only known signature ever given by this individual (given to a high school student in Battle Creek).
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This abolitionist led an unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry (where legend states his belt buckle bent a sword) that was a catalyst for many to join the abolitionist cause and led to the Civil War.
Who is John Brown?
The 15th amendment, passed in part by progressive southern legislators, extended this status of citizenship to black men in the North (since it had been achieved in the south by the reconstruction act of 1867)
What is the right to vote (suffrage)?
What is Pok ta Pok?
Despite his controversial presidential legacy, Andrew Jackson is on our $20 bill, even though there have been movements to replace him with this abolitionist
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This sculptor responsible for Mount Rushmore worked previously on Stone Mountain, a monument to honor the heroes of the Confederacy
Who is Gutzon Borglum?
The term for enslaved men who freed themselves and fought for the union cause.
What are contrabands?
What is the compromise of 1877/1876 election?
The remains of this early human was found in the alps and is widely considered to be the worlds oldest cold case
Who is Ötzi?