Thomas Jefferson -Main author of Declaration of Independence -Third president (1801-09); was also governor of Virginia -Arch rival

= Alexander Hamilton Horace Mann -1837 -Emphasized strong teacher training; 1st secretary board of education -Children should be molded into a state of perfection Lucretia Mott -1840 -Abolitionist and fought for womens rights -Part of group that held first convention that discussed womens rights. -Convention known as Seneca Falls Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton -Pretty much the same as Lucretia Mott Blackwell Sisters -Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell -Elizabeth = older one; first female doctor -Emily = followed her sisters lead Lewis and Clark -Lewis discovered source of Missouri River -I dont really have anything for Clark, sorry!

Sacajawea -Helped Lewis and Clark in their expedition -Gave birth during expedition (what a bad ass) -Guide and interpreter Frederick Douglas -Part of American Anti-Slavery society -Was a self-educated Maryland slave -Very good speaker came up with North Star (abolitionist newspaper) William Lloyd Garrison -Also part of American Anti-Slavery society -Came up with The Liberator (another abolitionist newspaper) Josiah Gibbs -Professor of linguistics at Yale -Key witness in Amistad trial -I think he might be the idiot translator I dont know for sure Queen Isabella II -Non pubic fool who just wanted slaves -Was about 11 years old during Amistad trial -Fought for compensation with 7 other presidents Susan B. Anthony -Worked for womens rights campaign -Was mad that 15th amendment gave blacks the right to vote but not women

Alice Paul -Pretty much the same thing, except she was crazier -Organized hunger strikes -Picketed the white house (whatever that means) Harriet Tubman -You better know who she is -Underground Railroad -Former slave, helped over 300 slaves; served as spy for Union -Known as Black Moses and had a $40,000 bounty on her head XV. Dorothea Dix -Boston school teacher who dealt with mentally ill -Said that there needed to be separate institution for mentally ill people Sojourner Truth -Abolitionist -Slave name = Isabelle Baumfree -Known for her speech Aint I a woman -First black woman to win a court case against a white man Eli Whitney -Invented cotton gin -Allowed African slavery to become more sustainable John Quincy Adams -Elected to U.S. senate in 1803 -6th president -Defended Africans in Amistad case in Supreme Court

Roger Baldwin -Grandson of Roger Sherman -Quote: the glorious result of our case -Him and John Adams on same team in Supreme Court Cinque -Slave from Africa who was ripped out of his mind -Essentially took a leadership role for all captured slaves -When he returned to Africa family and village were gone L Martin Van Buren -Idiot president during Amistad case -More interested in his reelection than anything else -Known as lame duck president -First president born in the United States James Covey -Rescued by British from a slave boat -Was the real translator in the Amistad case -Gibbs took Covey to meet the Africans George Fitzhugh -The guy that tried to make a case that slavery was in fact a good thing. Weirdo Slavery and gag rules -Gag rule pretty much means that the decision makers are not allowed to bring up certain topics Louisiana Purchase -We bought a ton of land for 15 million dollars. (dont remember the exact number of acres)

Corps of Discovery -Pretty much what got Lewis and Clark expedition started -President Jefferson commissioned them to go explore the new territory. Temperance Movement -Essentially a movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages (Lol @ those of you grinning after you read this you know who you are) -Big thing in the United States as the Civil War approached Underground Railroad -Secret routes and safe houses to help slaves escape Middle Passage -Part of the triangular trade where Africans were taken to the New World Cotton Gin -See Eli Whitney War Hawks -The members of congress who supported starting war against Britain in the War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent -Peace treaty that ended war of 1812 The Amistad -Ship that arrived in the United States with slaves The Tecora -The first ship that slaves were on?? I think, dont take my word for it Second Great Awakening -Christian revival movement during early 19th century.