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History-People
American History 2
| Name | Significance |
|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass | former slave and abolitionist who in 1847 wrote the North Star newspaper |
| Sojourner Truth | slave who preached about women's rights and abolition |
| Zachary Taylor | General ordered by President Polk to blockade the Rio Grande, he was also the twelfth president |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | created the Senece Falls convention for women- about women's rights |
| Sam Houston | led Texan troops to defeat Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto |
| Stephen Austin | led the first of several U.S. settlers to Texas |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee cheif who believed in uniting Native Americans against white settlers |
| Thomas Jefferson | Washington's secretary of state- also third U.S. president |
| Alexander Hamilton | Washington's secretary of treasury, was killed in a duel with Adam Burr |
| Nat Turner | slave who led rebellion with 80 followers |
| Sacajawea | interpreter and guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| John C. Calhoun | Jackson's vice president, war hawk, and coined the term "Tariff of Abominations" |
| James Know Polk | created manifest destiny- urged war with Mexico |
| George Washington | 1st president |
| John Adams | 2nd president |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president |
| James Madison | 4th president |
| James Monroe | 5th president |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th president |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th president |
| Martin Van Buren | 8th president |
| William Henry Harrison | 9th president |
| John Tyler | 10th president |
| James Knox Polk | 11th president |
| Zachary Taylor | 12th president |