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Final Review: People
Final Review:US History People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Puritans | Settled in New England for religious freedom; not tolerant of other religious denominations. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence; leader of the Democrat-Republicans; wrote Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. |
| Ronald Regan | President who is given credit for the end of the Cold War; told Soviet leader to “Tear down this wall” in Berlin, Germany; built up massive amounts of nuclear weapons. |
| Richard M. Nixon | Only U.S. president to resign from Office; Watergate Affair; “I am not a crook.” |
| George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army; Chairman of the Constitutional Convention; first President of the United States. |
| John Locke | Enlightenment philosopher who influenced Jefferson; natural rights of life, liberty, property; social contract; people have the right to rebel if their rights are not being protected by the government |
| Joseph McCarthy | During the Cold War this man accused many government officials and citizens of being communists based on little evidence; put them on trial. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963; Leader of the Civil Rights Movement. |
| James Madison | “Father of the Constitution;” wrote most of the Bill of Rights; authored the Virginia Plan; President of the United States. |
| Andrew Jackson | Responsible for The Trail of Tears; helped encourage voting for the common man; his actions caused the Panic of 1837. |
| Harry S. Truman | President who decided to use the atomic bomb in Japan; during the Cold War said the U.S. should follow a policy of containment to stop communism. |
| John F. Kennedy | Cold War president; assassinated in Texas in 1963; responsible for U.S. military buildup in Vietnam; “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” |
| Abraham Lincoln | His election caused the Civil War; first Republican Party president; issued the Emancipation proclamation; was assassinated. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Leader of the Union (Northern) Army during the Civil War; later President of the United States. |
| Woodrow Wilson | World War I; 14 Points; League of Nations; President of the United States. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | “New Deal” to end the Depression; “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”; Elected as President of the United States four times. |
| Robert E. Lee | Leader of the Confederate (Southern) Army; surrendered at Appomattox Court House |
| Frederick Douglas | Escaped slave turned abolitionist; urged Lincoln to use black troops in the Union Army |
| Henry Ford | Invented assembly line manufacturing when producing his Model T Fords. |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | First female Supreme Court Justice. |
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