U.S. Government
Lin Manuel Miranda helps us remember this 1st Treasury Secretary
Hamilton
Sacagawea guided a group led by this pair across the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
the term ´abolition´ means to end ________
slavery
bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
this person, who became blind and deaf after birth, later graduated from college
Helen Keller
laws may be judged ¨unconstitutional¨ in this Federal branch
Judicial (or Supreme Court)
the Industrial Revolution was started in Rhode Island by this person
Samuel Slater
called ¨Minty¨, a bounty (reward) was offered for capture of this Underground Railroad hero
Harriet Tubman
state where the 1st African-American regiment for the Civil War is from (54th ________)
Massachusetts
these journalists dug up the dirt on big business
muckrakers
President, Vice President and Cabinet departments are part of this branch
Executive
what is today our national anthem, written during the War of 1812
Star-Spangled Banner
her speech ¨Ain´t I a Woman¨ outlined womens' rights and her fight to end slavery
Sojourner Truth
dedication of a cemetery (speech) that Abraham Lincoln gave at a site of a bloody battle
Gettysburg Address
thousands of patents to his name, lightbulb included, this man was a friend and neighbor of Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Amendment that outlawed slavery in the U.S.
13th
forced removal of Native American Cherokees from Georgia to Oklahoma territory
She wrote the influential anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom´s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Emancipation Proclamation
a jewish immigrant, she wrote a poem about the Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
14th
Marbury v. ____________ is 1st time act of Congress was ruled unconstitutional
Madison
this Supreme Ct. case ruled that separate was equal (which was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education)
Plessy v. Fergeson
battle that split the Confederacy in two
Vicksburg
he started the union for workers called the American Federal of Labor
Samuel Gompers