Individuals
The 16th President of the United States, famous for the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
This event was in protest of the Tea Act and lead to the Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
This was a term for someone who believed in the end of slavery
Abolishionist
This was the largest piece of territory that was ceded to the US at once.
Louisiana Purchase
This is the name of the most famous tribe from Florida
Seminole Native Americans
This founding father was a diplomat, an inventor, but was never president
Benjamin Franklin
This man led the Patriot Forces
George Washington
This person led the raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
These were the individuals that were led through the Oregon trail
Lewis and Clarke
This was the genocidal removal of Native Americans from their land
Trail of Tears
This person lead one of the most famous slave revolts of all time
Nat Turner
This person is famous for being an early leader for women's rights and sewing the first American Flag (allegedly)
Susan B. Anthony
This popular book, written by Harriet Beacher Stowe, made abolishing slavery a more popular idea
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This war was what eventually led to Texas becoming part of the US
The Mexican American War
This Native American leader helped the British in the Revolutionary War
Black Hawk
This man was known for liberating Haiti
Toussaint Lavoutre
Someone who took the side of Britain in the Revolutionary War
Loyalist
These were some of the most famous debates in American history and were between two presidential candidates over the idea of abolition
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This piece of land was bought to help build a train westward
The Gadsden Purchase
A group of Native Americans and escaped former slaves that lived in Florida
Black Seminoles
This French man wrote the famous book "Democracy in America"
Alexis De Toqueville
This was a winter encampment that the Patriots stayed at
Valley Forge
This contest was won by our 16th President despite him not being on many ballots
The Election of 1860
This was the ideology that made European Americans believe they had the right to expand West
Manifest Destiny
This indigenous American helped organize and lead the Iroquois/Intertribal Confederacy
Tecumseh