1. 100 people in 100 days Practice #51-80
Who Da Man??
100 people in 100 days
Practice #51-80

2. Meriweather Lewis Father of Pocahontas Leader of more than 30 tribes
Controlled the area where Jamestown was founded

3. 6th president of the US
Son of John Adams
Writer of the Monroe Doctrine (when he was Secretary of State under President Monroe)

4. Colonial American Engineer and Inventor
Invented the first steamboat called the Clermont
Invented the world’s first steam warship

5. 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

6. 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

7. President during the Mexican American War victory (11th president)
Wanted to achieve manifest destiny
Helped acquire most of the southwest for America

8. 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

9. 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

10. Merchant, smuggler, statesman, & Patriot
President of Continental Congress
1st to sign the Declaration of Independence

11. Meriweather Lewis Spanish explorer and conquistador
Explored Florida which he named
Searched for the Fountain of Youth

12. 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.”

13. 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

14. Frontiersman
Saved the life of Daniel Boone
Shawnee Indians captured and tortured him

15. Abolitionist; worked as a tanner
Believed in using violent means to end slavery
Conducted raid on Harper’s Ferry in Virginia

16. 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 17 of his men did

17. 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)

18. Meriweather Lewis
Abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer
Started his own newspaper called “The Liberator”

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. American painter & inventor
Designed & developed the 1st successful electromagnetic telegraph system called “Morse Code”

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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 (in Louisville, KY)
Brother of William Clark

27. Known as the “Little Giant”
Debated Lincoln during presidential election of 1860
Wrote the bill known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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”

31. 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