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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| James K. Polk | 11th president of the United States, president during the Mexican-American War |
| Robert Fulton | invented the steamboat |
| Susan B. Anthony | — Leader in women’s suffrage (right to vote) movement for 50 years to the effort to attain equal rights for women. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | He was an abolitionist and created the newspaper " The Liberator" |
| Frederick Douglas | born slave that escaped slavery and became an abolitionist. he created a newspaper "The Northstar" |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederate States of America |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Commanding Union General |
| Harriet Tubman | Former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad |
| Henry David Thoreau |