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100
Inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
100
President who won the "Revolution of 1800." Democratic-Republican.
Thomas Jefferson
100
Political philosopher who wrote about the right to life, liberty, and property
John Locke
100
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
100
Originator of the Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin
200
Leader of transcendentalist movement and author of Walden.
Henry David Thoreau
200
"Old Hickory," president of the common man. Increased executive power.
Andrew Jackson
200
French officials who demanded a bribe before engaging in formal negotiations with American diplomats. Hint: you don't actually need to know their names
XYZ
200
Slave who led a revolt in Virginia in 1831 that resulted in at least 250 deaths
Nat Turner
200
Founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
300
Leader of women's suffrage movement in the late 19th century who also campaigned for temperance and abolition of slavery
Susan B. Anthony
300
President most associated with the Era of Good Feelings
James Monroe
300
Secretary of State who oversaw acquisition of Alaska
William Seward
300
Led an uprising against debt collection practices and tax policies in Massachusetts in 1786.
Daniel Shays
300
Great Awakening preacher who delivered the sermon, "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
400
Leader of the Radical Republicans after the Civil War who ensured support for freedmen
Thaddeus Stevens
400
President who was impeached in the 19th century and the reason for his impeachment.
Andrew Johnson, violated the Tenure of Office Act
400
French traveler who wrote "Democracy in America" to document his travels in the early 1800s.
Alexis de Tocqueville
400
Demanded a military commission to attack Indians and revolted against Governor Berkeley in 1676.
Nathaniel Bacon
400
DAILY DOUBLE Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 -1835. Also, name two of his famous court cases.
John Marshall. Marbury v. Madison McCulloch v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden Fletcher v. Peck Dartmouth College v. Woodward
500
Founder of the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
500
1. President who made the acquisition of Texas his primary focus in office 2. President most associated with manifest destiny
John Tyler, James Polk
500
Name four founders of the 13 British colonies in America and which colony they founded.
James Oglethorpe, Lord Baltimore, John Smith, William Bradford, John Winthrop, Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, William Penn, etc.
500
American Indian leader who fought against British occupation of the Great Lakes area in 1763.
Pontiac
500
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Roger Taney