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3rd President, writer of the Declaration of Independence, slave owner and Virginian
Thomas Jefferson
The home of 4 out of the first 5 Presidents
Virginia
George Washington first appears at the forks of the Ohio
Unit 1: The New World
These two teams get their names from the American Civil War
Columbus Blue Jackets and Calgary Flames
Out of 29 students in this class, the number in which I had NEVER previously taught is higher or lower than 15.
Lower (14 students I have never taught)
Abolitionist who thought using violence would be more effective than a newspaper
John Brown
The Civil War before the Civil War
Kansas
Andrew Jackson defeats the British at New Orleans
Unit 3: The Early Republic
Name all 8 students in Ms. Cullen's Block A math class
Shu, Carter, Sarah, Maya, Aubrey, Logan, Vi and Koko
Led the Women's Suffragist Movement in the early 1900s
Alice Paul
The first to give women the right to vote
Wyoming
Britain is directly involved in a war in North America during these 3 units
Unit 1 (Seven Years War), Unit 2 (Revolutionary War) and Unit 3 (1812)
By the 20th Century, this former French fort had emerged into a major American city that produced automobiles, resulting in this NBA franchise
Detroit Pistons
Youngest person in the class
Makinley
Led a slave rebellion in Virginia in the 1830s
Nat Turner
Created because the rest of their state seceded from the Union in 1861
West Virginia
Saratoga NY is brought up twice, once during a war and another time as the home of a violin player. What unit or units do these events occur?
Unit 2 (Revolutionary War Battle) and Unit 4 (Solomon Northup's story)
Named after the pioneers who settled in the American West, this North American professional sports team recognizes the sacrifices they made to blaze a new trail for American settlement
Portland Trail Blazers
Only student with a February birthday
Jacob
Republican President who believed in expanding voting rights to all Americans, including women
Ulysses S. Grant
This state is the location of the only time a foreign nation has occupied American territory
Michigan (Fort Detroit in 1812)
Name 1 out of 2 people who appear on the slides in 3 different units
Harriet Tubman (3, 4 & 5) and George Washington (1, 2 & 3)
Briefly a Republic all on its own, this sports franchise venerates those original countrymen who would later opt to join the United States
Houston Texans
Two students were born on the first of their months (March and October)
Maya (March) and Wesley (October)