Who Da Man??

100 people in 100 days

Quiz #51-100

West Point graduate, engineer, President of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Major General of the Union Army before Lincoln relieved him of his command

Ran for president against Lincoln in 1864 and lost

Teacher, social reformer, suffragette, abolitionist and author

Founded The National American Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and eventually became president of the NAWSA

Union General during the Civil war

Fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run – afterwards put on leave being deemed “unfit for duty”

Best known for his march to the sea and the burning of Atlanta

Meriweather Lewis

French explorer and cartographer

Known for establishing and governing the settlements of New France and city of Quebec

Considered the “Father of New France”

Lawyer, held numerous political offices including Secretary of State

4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Ruled in famous case “Marbury v. Madison” which instituted the process of judicial review

Silversmith, engraver, industrialist & a Patriot during the American Revolution

Took part in the Boston Tea Party

Famous for his ride warning the colonist that the British were coming

Frontiersman

Saved the life of Daniel Boone

Shawnee Indians captured and tortured him

Served in the Continental Army and the US Army

1st Secretary of War

Artillery commander under Washington during the Revolutionary War

Soldier from VA; frontiersman; died on his sister’s farm in Louisville, KY

highest ranking American military officer during Revolutionary War; secured the west

Spent his life trying to pay off debts he signed for during the Rev. War; family finally received settlement after his death

6th president of the US

Son of John Adams

Writer of the Monroe Doctrine (when he was Secretary of State under President Monroe)

Military leader that led Texas to independence from Mexico

Became 1st president of Texas and city of Houston named after him

5th president of the US

Known as “Era of Good Feelings” - touring the states and nominating cabinet members from both north & south

Monroe Doctrine - Americas should be free from future European colonization, and interference with independent countries in the Americas would be considered a hostile act toward the United States.

Fought with Washington during the Revolutionary War

One of the writers of the Federalist Papers and was the 1st Secretary of Treasury under Washington’s presidency

Killed by a gunshot wound in a duel with Aaron Burr

Moved to Cincinnati, OH with her family; married and had 7 children born in Cincy

Abolitionist

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (inspired to write after her 18 month old son died of cholera)

President during the Mexican American War victory (11th president)

Wanted to achieve manifest destiny

Helped acquire most of the southwest for America

Colonial American Engineer and Inventor

Invented the first steamboat called the Clermont

Invented the world’s first steam warship

Known as the “Little Giant”

Debated Lincoln during presidential election of 1860

Wrote the bill known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Meriweather Lewis

Father of Pocahontas

Leader of more than 30 tribes

Controlled the area where Jamestown was founded

Vice President under Jackson

A famous “warhawk” along with Henry Clay

Was for nullification of federal laws and became the first VP to resign due to conflict with Jackson.

Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)

7th President of the US – leader of the new Democratic party

President responsible for the Trail of Tears

Virginia farmer who invented the mechanical reaper after his dad tried unsuccessfully

He also was the first to sell on credit

Eventually became known as the International Harvester Co.

Meriweather Lewis

Abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer

Started his own newspaper called “The Liberator”

Shawnee Indian war chief

Founder of Prophetstown which was destroyed in the Battle of Tippecanoe

Fought with pro British forces in the War of 1812 until his death

Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince

Rarely explored himself, but sent many expeditions to west coast of Africa for mapping routes, spread Christianity, defeat Muslims & establish trade routes

Started a Navigation School

Immigrant from Switzerland

Built Sutter’s Fort and Sutter’s Mill in California

Credited with starting the Gold Rush after gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill by one of his workers, James Marshall

American Explorer and military officer

Sent to find the source of the Mississippi River, Pike’s Peak named for him

Fought in the War of 1812 and died in the Battle of York in Canada

Abolitionist; worked as a tanner

Believed in using violent means to end slavery

Conducted raid on Harper’s Ferry in Virginia

Portuguese explorer

First explorer to find the all water route to India from Europe

American born slave

Led slave rebellion in Virginia that included slaves and free blacks

The rebellion killed plantation owners & families; he was the last to be caught and he was hanged

Career US Army officer

Replaced Thomas Hooker for the Union during the Civil War

Famous for beating Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg

Fought in the French & Indian War & Revolutionary War

Known as “Swamp Fox” during the Revolutionary War

Led a series of successful nighttime guerilla-style raids against the British

British officer & Commander in Chief for the colonies during the French & Indian War

Washington served as his aide after his defeat at Ft Necessity

Mortally wounded in battle

One of the writers of the Federalist Papers (articles & essays promoting the ratification

of the Constitution)

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Responsible for peace treaty with Britain called “Jay’s Treaty”

Spanish explorer & Conquistador

Discovered the Pacific Ocean

Walked across the Isthmus of Panama that connects Central and South America

Lincoln’s Vice President

Became the 17th president after Lincoln’s assassination

First president to be impeached (for violation of the Tenure of Office Act & bringing disgrace & ridicule on Congress) Acquitted by one vote

Social activist, abolitionist, reformer for the women’s movement

Worked with Lucretia Mott on the Seneca Falls Convention

Formed the National Women’s Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony and became it’s first president

Self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor & writer

Surveyed land for Washington DC

Invented America’s first working clock carved out of wood

British General

Surrendered British troops at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War

Prior to the war, he actually sided with the colonists in regards to taxes and voted for the repeal of the Stamp Act

Meriweather Lewis

Spanish explorer and conquistador

Explored Florida which he named

Searched for the Fountain of Youth

Politician, inventor, writer, civil-servant, military officer

First prominent general of the Confederate States

Participated in major battles at Fort Sumter & Bull Run

American painter & inventor

Designed & developed the 1st successful electromagnetic telegraph system

1st American settler in

Texas (when it was still Mexico)

Capital of Texas named after him

Considered “Father of Texas”

Meriweather Lewis

Instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the US

introduced the power loom and the integrated factory system to America

Pioneer in hiring women which became known as the “Lowell Mill Girls”

Merchant, smuggler, statesman, & Patriot

President of Continental Congress

1st to sign the Declaration of Indenpendence

Marcus was a physician & both were missionaries

1st to take a covered wagon over the Rockies and led the first “Great Migration” across the Oregon Trail

Both were killed by Cayuse Indians after medical help the Whitman’s gave didn’t cure them of an outbreak of measles

9th president of the US

Only served about 30 days as president (died of pneumonia)

First president to die in office

Co Father of the US Navy

Fought British during the Revolutionary War in one of the most famous naval battles in US History

Famous for his words, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

American Navy Commander & hero in the War of 1812

Won the Battle of Lake Erie

Won 1 of the 27 gold medals given for the War of 1812

Career US Army Officer even thought he graduated last in his class at West Point

Major General in the Confederate States Army

Led Pickett’s Charge against the Union & lost

Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain

Credited with being the first to circumnavigate the earth

He was actually killed in a war in the Philippines and did not complete the journey, but some of his men did