American History Flashcards
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This person published the article “Nature Fakers” to support John Burroughs’ criticism of anthropomorphic nature writing
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Theodore Roosevelt
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David McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback covers the early years of this person’s life, including his difficult battle with asthma
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Theodore Roosevelt
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This person was photographed standing on Glacier Point with John Muir during a camping trip the two took to Yosemite
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Theodore Roosevelt
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This historian referred to Thomas Jefferson as “the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair” in The Naval War of 1812
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Theodore Roosevelt
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This historian wrote a six-volume history of the frontier titled The Winning of the West
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Theodore Roosevelt
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When asked about a central object in this event, one man involved in this event claimed, “I do not mind it any more than if it were in my waistcoat pocket”, and immediately following this event, that man claimed, “I do not care a rap about” this event
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Assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt
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A Candace Miller book describes how this man almost died of an infection while accompanying Candido Rondo’s “River of Doubt” expedition
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Theodore Roosevelt
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He gave a speech called “Citizenship in a Republic,” which has a passage that says “it is not the critic who counts,” but “the man who is actually in the arena”
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Theodore Roosevelt
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He coined the term “hyphenated Americans” and ran for president on the idea of “New Nationalism”
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Theodore Roosevelt
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This man’s presidency saw Japan recognize the US annexation of Hawaii in the Root-Takahira Agreement
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Theodore Roosevelt
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This politician railed against the “doctrine of ignoble ease” in a speech titled “The Strenuous Life”
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Theodore Rooevelt
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An alliance in this war stopped a side from retaking Credit Island
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War of 1812
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A side in this war urged to “Remember the River Raisin”
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War of 1812
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The Adams was captured following a siege during this war in which William Hull’s forces were defeated
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War of 1812
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A battle in this war became the subject of a slogan beginning “rumpsey, dumpsey” that was used by Richard Mentor Johnson
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War of 1812
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A song about this war that was set to the tune of the “Unfortunate Miss Bailey” notes how the title men were “half a horse” and “half an alligator”
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War of 1812
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A battle in this war was nicknamed the “false Nile” after one commander imitated Horatio Nelson’s tactics
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War of 1812
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Sackett’s Harbor was of strategic importance in this war, which saw the heroics of Laura Secord
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War of 1812
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Philip Vigol was one of only two men found guilty of treason for participating in this event, but both were later pardoned
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Oliver Miller and James McFarlane were killed in a battle during this event in which John Neville’s mansion, Bower Hill, was burned down
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Groups that participated in this event included Tom the Tinker’s Men and the Mingo Creek Society
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Whiskey Rebellion
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A meeting at Parkinson’s Ferry during this event was attended by Albert Gallatin, who spoke against armed resistance
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Whiskey Rebellion
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The so-called “Watermelon Army” led by “Light-Horse Harry” Lee was assembled to put down this rebellion
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Whiskey Rebellion
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This event began in response to the issue of sixty subpoenas by William Rawle, which was argued to be a deliberate provocation by Congressman William Findley
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Albert Gallatin, the future Secretary of the Treasury, failed to prevent this event at the Redstone meetings
Whiskey Rebellion
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Following this man's death, his son worked with James Redpath to recruit African-Americans in Chatham, Ontario to move to Haiti
John Brown
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W. E. B. DuBois ("doo boyce") drew upon letters collected by Franklin Sanborn in writing his 1909 biography of this man, who founded the Springfield branch of the League of Gileadites
John Brown
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Mary Ellen Pleasant financed this man, who holds up his hand next to a flag he designed in a photograph by the Liberian colonist Augustus Washington
John Brown
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This man funded the publication of David Walker's "Appeal" and was later, in turn, funded by a group ring-led by Thomas Wentworth Higginson called the Secret Six
John Brown
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He said "the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with blood" one month before his execution
John Brown
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Around 50 newspapers printed this man’s last speech after his trial in Charles Town
John Brown
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In the mural Tragic Prelude, this man brandishes a Bible and a “Beecher’s Bible” rifle
John Brown
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This man was became the first African-American to dine with a President at the White House when Theodore Roosevelt invited him over
Booker T. Washington
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This man deliver a speech with the popular motif "cast down your bucket where you are" at the Cotton States and International Exposition
Booker T. Washington
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This man founded the National Negro Business Success League and the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
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This man attended the Pan-African Congress and led the Niagara Movement
W.E.B. Du Bois
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This man, who edited The Crisis and The Philadelphia Negro, used the term "talented tenth" to describe an African-American intellectual elite
W.E.B. Du Bois
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This man borrowed the phrase "double consciousness" from Ralph Waldo Emerson in the book The Souls of Black Folk to describe African-Americans' awareness of self-view and societal view
W.E.B. Du Bois
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The phrase "color line" was borrowed from Frederick Douglass by this man to emphasize the inequality engendered by Plessian segregation
W.E.B. Du Bois
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One of the first works of American sociology was this man autobiography, Dusk of Dawn
W.E.B. Du Bois
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This man argued against placing the blame of Reconstruction's failures on Black-Americans in his essay Black Reconstruction in America
W.E.B. Du Bois
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During this war, the Henry Glass commanded the USS Charleston captured territory without contest after sending one volley of harmless cannon fire
(DO NOT READ: That territory was the island of Guam)
Spanish-American War
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A volunteer cavalry division called "Wood's Weary Walkers" fought in this war and was known by another more famous named taken from the Buffalo Bill show
(DO NOT READ: That more famous name is "Rough Riders")
Spanish-American War
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In addition to Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood led the Rough Riders, or 1st US Volunteer Cavalry in this war
Spanish-American War
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During this war, a governor general of two colonial territories named Valeriano "Butcher" Weyler was exposed for his "reconcentration" tactic
Spanish-American War
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The term "embalmed beef" is used to the describe the adulterated beef Secretary of War Russell A. Alger and Chicago's "Big Three" meat packing plants conspired in sending to soldiers in this war as an effort to save money.
Spanish-American War
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This war was sparked in part by the William Randolph Hearst's publishing of the de Lôme letter, which called William McKinley effeminate, was sent by a Spanish ambassador to the United States before it was intercepted by Cuban revolutionaries.
Spanish-American War
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John Hay called this conflict a "splendid little war" while serving as William McKinley's Secretary of State
Spanish-American War
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Murray Hall, a secretly trans member of this organization, was exposed posthumously after dying of breast cancer, prompting an editorial that demanded leaders of this organization "wear whiskers
Tammany Hall
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John Kelly, was a trustee of the savings bank located across from this society's headquarters
Tammany Hall
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William Leggett led the Locofoco Democratic faction who opposed this organization
Tammany Hall
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This organization's leaders included Charles Francis Murray and its founder, William Mooney
Tammany Hall
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“Freedom Our Rock” was the motto of this group
Tammany Hall
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La Guardia was the first New York mayor to be re-elected while opposed to this organization
Tammany Hall
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A leader of this organization fled from trial disguising himself as a common sea hand only to be recognized from a newspaper
Tammany Hall
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That man who led this organization was found guilty of 204 counts of corruption in a trial after being defended by Elihu Root
Tammany Hall
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A leader of this organization smokes and says "As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it?" in one of many political cartoons lampooning this organization by Thomas Nast
Tammany Hall
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In political cartoons, this group was often represented as a tiger, and one of its leaders was represented as a man with a moneybag in place of his head by cartoonist Thomas Nast
Tammany Hall
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This man ordered police commissioner James Kelso to stop the Orange Parade for fear of riots between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants in New York City
Boss Tweed
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This man worked as a sailor on a Spanish ship after escaping from Ludlow Street Jail
Boss Tweed
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Samuel Tilden rose to popularity after breaking with this man
Boss Tweed
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This man angered James O'brien when he did not support the Orange Parade
Boss Tweed
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One depiction of this man notes that a certain action by Hoffman has been neutralized, and features a number of cast-off boots
Boss Tweed
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In another depiction, he looks on while a broken shield and sword lie strewn as Columbia is mauled by a large feline in a gladiatorial arena, that work asks the question “what are you going to do about it?”
Boss Tweed
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This man was followed by a depiction of this figure with a money sack instead of a face, a reference to his attempts to bribe the artist with $500,000
Boss Tweed
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While working to enforce this policy, Richard “Two Gun” Hart was pitted against his younger brothers
prohibition
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Attempts to circumvent this policy led to people developing “jake leg” syndrome
prohibition
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Enforcement of this policy was the cause of tensions that led to the violent “Pineapple Primary"
prohibition
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This policy was weakened by the Blaine Act and Cullen-Harrison Act
prohibition
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A team enforcing this policy led by Eliot (*) Ness that was dubbed “the Untouchables” targeted the Chicago Outfit
prohibition
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The “man in the green hat”, George Cassiday (“Cassidy”), helped Senators violate this policy
prohibition
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Neal Dow’s passage of the “Maine Law” led to an 1855 riot opposing this policy in Portland
prohibition
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Frances Willard led an organization that advocated for this policy, which was also supported by the hatchet-carrying Carrie Nation
prohibition
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A supporter of this cause supposedly received instructions from God to “go to Kiowa,” leading her to commit acts of destruction across Kansas
prohibition
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Early proponents of this movement made up a mutual aid group called the Washingtonian Society, which formed in 1840
prohibition
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People trying to evade this policy were surveilled with wiretaps that were ruled constitutional in the case of Olmstead v. US
prohibition
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Advocates of this political cause pressured the Senate to override a presidential veto of the Webb-Kenyon Act
prohibition
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The concept of “pressure politics” was pioneered by a group supporting it whose leaders included William “Pussyfoot” Johnson
prohibition
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A group named for their support of this policy started a newspaper called The Signal under Matilda Carse
prohibition
(that group was the WCTU)
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The Cullen-Harrison Act partly repealed one law enforcing this policy, which was drafted by (*) Wayne Wheeler and named for a Minnesota representative and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
prohibition
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This organization attempted to gain broader support through two conferences held at the estate of one of its founders in Amenia
NAACP
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Anna Strunsky and William Walling reported on an event in Springfield, Illinois which led 60 people to advocate this organization’s creation
NAACP
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The Niagara Movement was a precursor to this organization, which featured the column “Along the Color Line” in its magazine The Crisis
NAACP
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The second president of this organization was a former comparative literature professor at Columbia University dismissed by school president Nicholas Murray Butler
NAACP
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This group's official magazine featured the column "Looking Glass" written by literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset
NAACP
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This group has honored such people as Ernest Just, Archibald Grimke, and Mary McLeod Bethune with the Spingarn Medal
NAACP
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The most notable veteran of this organization used contacts developed through it to guide the Combahee Ferry raid
Underground Railroad
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Members of this organization included the Coffin family and a woman who pretended to read a newspaper because an arrest warrant said she was illiterate
Underground Railroad
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The people who were involved with the Pearl Incident also assisted in this system
Underground Railroad
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The Supreme Court upheld it in Ableman v. Booth, voiding Wisconsin’s “personal liberty law” as contravening federal authority
Fugitive Slave Act
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State legislation attempting to counteract it was held to be unconstitutional in Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Fugitive Slave Act
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One provision of a piece of legislation with this name stipulated a payment of ten dollars when a certificate was granted but only five dollars when it was refused and Abraham Lincoln supported a version of this legislation in his 1854 Peoria speech
Fugitive Slave Act
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The Habeas Corpus Law in Vermont was meant to challenge this law, whose offenders were defended by the writer Richard Henry Dana Jr. and other members of the revived Boston Vigilance Committee
Fugitive Slave Act
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This person led a crowd in Troy, New York that protected a man named Charles Nalle from kidnapping
Harriet Tubman
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The longest passage in a “Record” by newspaper editor Sydney Howard Gay is an exploit led by this “Captain"
Harriet Tubman
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This person only became eligible for a pension after marrying Nelson Davis
Harriet Tubman
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A mission led by this person and James Montgomery gave its name to a feminist “Collective"
Harriet Tubman
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Although most of her output was children's literature, Sarah Hopkins Bradford is best known as the author of two biographies of this woman, one of which popularised the nickname "Moses of Her People"
Harriet Tubman
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After Abraham Lincoln reprimanded David Hunter, this person attacked Lincoln for his response, claiming God would not let Lincoln defeat the Confederacy
Harriet Tubman
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John Thomas and an accomplice chloroformed this woman after they baited her into a scam involving a cache of gold
Harriet Tubman
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To avoid being recognized on a train, this illiterate woman and subject of the biography She Came to Slay pretended to read a newspaper
Harriet Tubman
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William Seward sold this person a piece of land from which they helped plan the raid on Harper's Ferry
Harriet Tubman
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Walter O. Evans' extensive collection of papers relating to this man was a key source for David W. Blight's Pulitzer-winning 2018 biography
Frederick Douglass
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Rutherford B. Hayes made this man Marshal of the District of Columbia but did not allow him to receive foreign dignitaries
Frederick Douglass
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This husband of Helen Pitts declared "I have no patriotism. I cannot have any love for this country" in his "Fifth of July" speech
Frederick Douglass
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H.R. 51 proposes turning the District of Columbia into a state named for this man
Frederick Douglass
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This man boarded the Cambria for a journey in which he took up the slogan “Send Back the Money!” against Scottish churches after visiting Ireland
Frederick Douglass
108
In one work, this man recalls his views of white-sailed ships in the distance, the shooting of Demby, and his fight with Edward Covey
Frederick Douglass
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It’s not the glorious one, but this conflict inspired John Coode and Josias Fendall to lead a "Protestant Revolution"
Bacon's Rebellion
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According to Robert Beverly Jr., a group of soldiers in this conflict was incapacitated for 11 days after eating hallucinogenic jimsonweed
Bacon's Rebellion
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A leader in this conflict issued a series of complaints, such as the government monopoly on the beaver trade, in the "Declaration of the People"
Bacon's Rebellion
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One group of people attacked during this event fled into the Dragon Swamp under the leadership of Cockacoeske
Bacon's Rebellion
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The target of this event owned the Green Spring Plantation and, in its aftermath, executed William Drummond, the governor of the Albemarle Sound Colony
Bacon's Rebellion
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The perpetrators of this event issued a “Declaration of the People” that listed grievances such as high taxes and favorable (*) treatment of Native Americans
Bacon's Rebellion
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Some of the participants in this event were captured at the Arthur Allen House by troops deployed from the Young Prince
Bacon's Rebellion
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The first signatory to a peace treaty that followed this event was Cockacoeske, the so-called Queen of the Pamunkey
Bacon's Rebellion
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A failed attempt to prevent this conflict was the calling of the Long Assembly, which was followed by its namesake’s raid on a Pamunkey camp
Bacon's Rebellion
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During this war, Dona Jesus Dosamentes "unsexed" herself to disguise herself as a captain of one side
Mexican-American War
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The Revolt of the Polkos began after church land was nationalized during this war
Mexican-American War
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Luis Gonzaga Cuevas helped negotiate the treaty that ended this war, which was followed up by territorial concessions in the Treaty of Mesilla ("meh-SEE-yah"
Mexican-American War
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A force in this war attempted to use "La Vomito," or yellow fever, to weaken a force that later killed the "Six Heroes"
Mexican-American War
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John Riley led the Saint Patrick's battalion during this war
Mexican-American War
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The winning side in this war took Chapultepec Castle after it was reinforced by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Mexican-American War
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Pennsylvania house representative David Wilmot introduced a failed bill that would’ve required territory acquired during this conflict to ban slavery
Mexican-American War
124
The only religion-restricted military unit in US history, the Mormon Battalion, fought in this conflict
Mexican-American War
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The killing of 11 US soldiers in disputed land south of the Nueces River gave James K. Polk a pretext for starting this war
Mexican-American War
126
In response to this war, a philosopher called on “honest men to rebel and revolutionize” and refused to pay his taxes
Mexican-American War
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Some Democrats criticized Nicholas Trist for negotiating a too-lenient treaty to end this war
Mexican-American War
128
A short-lived state that was commanded by William Ide during this war was incorporated by the forces of Stephen Kearney
Mexican-American War
(That state is the Bear Flag Republic)
129
The terms of the treaty that ended this conflict were supposedly leaked by journalist John Nugent
Mexican-American War
130
Ernesto Tamariz created a memorial consisting of marble columns adorned with sculptures of eagles in honor of six teenage soldiers who died defending a country's capital during this conflict
Mexican-American War
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The Kearney Code was promulgated in a territory occupied during this conflict
Mexican-American War
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This war saw a battle against an entrenched position known as “the Thermopylae of the West” fought at Cerro Gordo
Mexican-American War
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The U.S. agreed to pay fifteen million dollars and assume adjusted claims of involved citizens. Interim president Pedro Maria Anaya negotiated it with Nicholas Trist
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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This person was reinstated into the army just months after being court martialed for criticizing James Wilkinson’s role in the Burr conspiracy
Winfield Scott
135
This person was nearly killed by two Mohawk warriors after being captured in the Battle of Queenston Heights, and they later trained the army of Jacob Brown
Winfield Scott
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After victory at Chippawa, this person charged into a British force twice the size of their own at Lundy’s Lane
Winfield Scott
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This general ordered the execution of 30 members of the San Patricos during the Battle of Chapultepec
Winfield Scott
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During a disastrous posting in New Orleans as a young officer, this man was shot in the head after challenging a master surgeon to a duel
Winfield Scott
139
He managed a volatile Charleston during the Nullification Crisis and was mocked in later life for the phrase “hasty plate of soup” in a letter to William Marcy during a campaign in which he was forced to try and hang the St. Patrick’s Battalion
Winfield Scott
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This mediator during the Pig and Aroostook wars won at Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec but lost as the Whig opponent of Franklin Pierce in 1852
Winfield Scott
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One of the 10 men convicted under this law, Luther Baldwin, uttered the word "arse" after he heard a gunshot
Sedition Act
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Matthew Lyon won reelection to Congress while imprisoned under this law
Sedition Act
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James Callender of the Richmond Examiner was sentenced to a nine-month jail term under this act, which may have been drafted to penalize Benjamin Franklin Bache of the Philadelphia Aurora
Sedition Act
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In one engagement in this conflict, the Retaliation was captured, but William Bainbridge was able to convince the victors not to pursue the Montezuma and the Norfolk
Quasi War
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The USS President and USS Congress were both built during this conflict, which was preceded by the formation of the US Marine Corps
Quasi War
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Stephen Decatur lead the USS United States during this conflict
Quasi War
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Silas Talbot organized an attack on the harbor Puerto Plata in this conflict, and Thomas Truxton won two important victories in this conflict
Quasi War
148
This politician wrote the Rockingham Memorial to the president, leading to his election to Congress
Daniel Webster
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This man won the electoral votes of Massachusetts, the only state where he was on the ballot, in the 1836 election
Daniel Webster
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This man became the only person not to resign from John Tyler’s Cabinet, where as Secretary of State he signed a treaty settling Maine’s northern border
Daniel Webster
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This man had a notable debate with Robert Hayne in which he argued for “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
Daniel Webster
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This person’s advocacy for a compromise was lambasted as a “fallen star, Lucifer descending from heaven” by Horace Mann
Daniel Webster
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One speech by this person begins by discussing a mariner lost at sea, and later the speaker states that he did not want to see the sun shining on the “broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union"
Daniel Webster
(That speech was his second reply to Hayne during their debate in the Senate)
154
This man used the phrase "broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union" during a discussion sparked by the Foote Resolution
Daniel Webster
(That speech was his second reply to Hayne during their debate in the Senate)
155
This person gave the dedication for the Bunker Hill monument as well as some speeches at Faneuil Hall
Daniel Webster
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This politician authored a letter defending America’s right to interfere in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 while still maintaining neutrality
Daniel Webster
157
This author of the Hulseman Letter led the prosecution of the men who were accused of attempting to rescue Shadrach Minkins, an escaped slave
Daniel Webster
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This man declared that “there are those who love it” while defending his alma mater in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, and he lost his Senate seat after he defended the Compromise of 1850 in his Seventh of March speech
Daniel Webster
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He condemned the violation of New England's shipping rights in his address to the Washington Benevolent Society, which earned him a spot on the Rockingham Convention
Daniel Webster
160
This lawyer presented the argument that “a law cannot exceed the authority of the lawgiver” in a case involving the selling of D.C. lottery tickets in another state, Cohens v. Virginia
Daniel Webster
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This lawyer argued against a state’s right to tax a federal bank in McCulloch v Maryland
Daniel Webster
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In addition to his achievements in Congress, this politician gained renown for his public addresses, notably the Bunker Hill oration and his speech on the deaths of Jefferson and Adams
Daniel Webster
163
During this event, one man issued the Fort Hill letter and another document that supported a “concurrent majority"
Nullification Crisis
(That man was John C. Calhoun)
164
The state of Virginia sent Benjamin Leigh to dissuade one side in this event, which saw a ship belonging to James Hamilton Jr. be seized by federal troops stationed at Fort Moultrie
Nullification Crisis
165
This event, which was almost ended by the Verplanck Bill, led to the passage of the Force Act
Nullification Crisis
166
John Randolph claimed that the only thing this legislation would manufacture was the next President of the United States
Tariff of Abominations
(If I can't remember, ask me to think about what legislation would be pushing for manufacturing)
167
George McDuffie opposed it using a flawed Forty Bale theory, and four years later a similar bill was also opposed at the Columbia Convention
Tariff of Abominations
168
Its initial support came at the Harrisburg Convention
Tariff of Abominations
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It created a conflict that led to the Webster–Hayne debate
Tariff of Abominations
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Robert Remini argued in one of his works that Martin van Buren did not introduce this bill to congress just to have it defeated, and support for this bill grew after a meeting in Harrisburg
Tariff of Abominations
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One writing against this bill declares that there is a “striking distinction between Government and Sovereignty,” and that this bill supported the “protection of one branch of industry at the expense of others"
Tariff of Abominations
(That writing was John C. Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition and Protest")
172
As famously indicated by John Randolph, it was drafted in the hopes that its expected defeat would politically isolate New England, but it was surprisingly passed
Tariff of Abominations
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This man served as the first chairman of the House Appropriations Committee
Thaddeus Stevens
174
Congressman William Barksdale drew a knife at this man over a debate over the next speaker of the house, although no blood spilled
Thaddeus Stevens
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This man served as a defense lawyer for 38 African-Americans who were being tried for violating the Fugitive Slave Act in the Christiana Riot
Thaddeus Stevens
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This man introduced the Tenure of Office Act which was used to impeach Andrew Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
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Abraham Lincoln once told this man the country was trying to catch a "pretty big hog"
Thaddeus Stevens
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He reportedly sneered "the country is going to the devil" after Senator Edmund Ross broke with his party during a crucial vote
Thaddeus Stevens
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The New York Herald claimed this clubfooted man had a "face of corpselike color" during the impeachment of his nemesis, Andrew Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
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As member of the Anti-Masonic Party he helped pass the Free School Bill in his state, but refused to sign its new constitution
Thaddeus Stevens
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He was suspected of having a lifelong affair with Underground Railroad compatriot Lydia Hamilton Smith, and his steelworks were burned by Jubal Early
Thaddeus Stevens
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At his death, he insisted that he be buried in a black cemetery, and his tombstone reads “Equality of Man Before His Creator.”
Thaddeus Stevens
183
Oliver Otis Howard led a federal agency during this period, which historian Eric Foner is best known for studying
Reconstruction
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Shortly after Horatio Seymour lost an election during this period, the Force Acts were passed
Reconstruction
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Redeemers opposed scalawags and carpetbaggers during this period
Reconstruction
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Historians centered on Columbia University established the "Dunning School" of this period's history, which was refuted by an Eric Foner book whose subtitle describes this period as "America's Unfinished Revolution.
Reconstruction
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In one essay about this era, its beginning is described as a "general strike" that established an "abolition democracy"
Reconstructions
188
Near this event's end, Benjamin Butler privately boasted that “the removal of the great obstruction is certain"
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
189
Part of the cited reasons for this event were a man’s “disrespectful” speeches during his “Swing Around the Circle” tour two years before
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
190
Before this event, William Kelley gave a speech stating that the “unsheeted ghosts of two thousand murdered Negros” demanded it
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
191
Henry Stanberry attempted to get an extension for evidence-finding during this event
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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Its central resolutions mentioned orders given to William H. Emory and were sponsored by John A Bingham and Thaddeus Stevens
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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In writing the majority opinion for Myers v. United States, Chief Justice Taft wrote that the legislation that triggered this event was invalid
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
194
The act at the center of this event was later ruled invalid in Myers v United States
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
195
A 1983 brush fire revealed a mass grave of participants in this battle in the Deep Coulee
Battle of Little Bighorn
196
Drawings commissioned to depict this battle always depict the losing side’s flag upside down
Battle of Little Bighorn
197
Two days before this battle, one commander had a dream of soldiers falling upside down into his camp
Battle of Little Bighorn
198
The memoir “Boots and Saddles” recounts the life of a commander killed at this battle from the perspective of his wife
Battle of Little Bighorn
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Arikara scouts were killed during Marcus Reno’s initial assault during this battle, which led to the annihilation of the 7th Cavalry
Battle of Little Bighorn
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The victors of this battle were strongarmed by the "sell or starve" rider attached to an appropriations bill passed shortly after it
Battle of Little Bighorn
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This battle was preceded by the Battle of the Rosebud, at which the saving of Chief Comes in Sight had been a rallying cry; he had been saved by Buffalo Calf Road Woman, who is credited with delivering the final blow to an enemy commander at this battle.
Battle of Little Bighorn
202
Pivotal fighting took place on Reno Hill at this battle
Battle of Little Bighorn
203
After winning an auction, Minnesota businessman Alvaren Allen took this man on a 15-city tour beginning at Allen’s St. Paul hotel
Sitting Bull
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Caroline Weldon served as this leader’s personal secretary but left shortly before he was killed by Lieutenant Henry Bullhead and Red Tomahawk
Sitting Bull
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At Fort Buford, this man famously had his son Crow Foot give up his rifle
Sitting Bull
206
James McLaughlin ordered this man’s arrest, which was bungled by Lieutenant Bullhead at Standing Rock
Sitting Bull
207
Earlier, this man had a vision in which he saw US Soldiers “As thick as Grasshoppers” falling into certain tribe’s camp
Sitting Bull
208
This man claimed he was determined to become a farmer after he was given a hoe and told to work in the fields by James McLaughlin
Sitting Bull
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He was financed by the wealthy Catherine Weldon, who assisted him in writing letters to the government
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This man slashed his arm 100 times in a Sun Dance celebration
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n one speech, a critic of this legislation denounced it for “enabl[ing] the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites.”
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The final version of this legislation was influenced by the F Street Mess, whose members included David Atchison
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This legislation was meant to increase support for a transcontinental railroad which would pass through its sponsor’s home state
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During debate over it, Henry Edmundson nearly attacked Lewis Campbell, and Thomas Hart Benton denounced it because Congress "broke down the sacred laws" of the past
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The "Peoria Speech" was directed against this piece of legislation
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The passage of this act led to the shipment of numerous "Beecher's Bibles," which were actually rifles used by the invading "border ruffians.
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The day after this bill was introduced, Representative Joshua Giddings and Senator Salmon P. Chase published a response titled “Appeal of the Independent Democrats”
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After this act became law, Senator David Atchison led an armed mob that seized polling places at gunpoint
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The Battle of Black Jack that resulted from the passage of this legislation saw a man later backed by the Secret Six capture Henry Pate
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