Who’s Who of American History

Abraham Lincoln

• I was a Republican.

• I debated with Stephen Douglas.

• I was the Union president during the Civil War.

Thomas Jefferson

• I served as George Washington’s Secretary of State.

• The Democratic Republicans formed to give me support for my election.

• I wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Robert E. Lee

• I was asked to be the Union Commander during the Civil War.

• I surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

• I led the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Andrew Jackson

• I got rid of the “National Bank”

• I am on the Twenty Dollar Bill

• I was responsible Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears

Ulysses S. Grant

• I served in the military during the Civil War.

• I was in charge of the battles in the West, which allowed the North to control the Mississippi.

• Robert E. Lee surrendered to me at Appomattox Court House.

George Washington

• I made a name for myself as a 22 year old officer in the French and Indian War.

• I was commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

• I was the first president of the United States of America.

Eli Whitney

• I was employed as a tutor for a rich family for a while.

• I invented interchangeable parts.

• I invented the cotton gin.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

• I was an abolitionist.

• The Southerners said I did not know what I was talking about.

• I wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Harriet Tubman

• I was a runaway slave.

• I made 17 trips into the South to help other slaves escape.

• I was nicknamed “The Black Moses” because of my work on the Underground Railroad.

Dred Scott

• I was a slave.

• My master moved me to Illinois.

• I sued to get my freedom, but I lost.

Frederick Douglass

• I am an escaped slave.

• I had a newspaper called “The North Star”

• I am the most famous speaker for the abolitionist movement.

Alexander Hamilton

• I created the National Bank.

• I was the Secretary of the Treasury during George Washington’s presidency.

• I was shot and killed by Vice President Aaron Burr.

Samuel Adams

• I was a “Son of Liberty”

• He formed the “Committees of Correspondence”

• I led the Boston Tea Party

Thomas Paine

• I believed having a King was wrong.

• I am a patriot and author.

• I wrote Common Sense.

Benjamin Franklin

• I attended the convention to create both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, of which I was the oldest.

• I am a founding father and inventor.

• I wrote the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies against the French.

Christopher Columbus

• I grew up in Portugal.

• I had a plan to sail west in order to get to the Asian Spice Trade.

• The Columbian Exchange is named after me.

Meriwether Lewis

• I was Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary.

• I was part of the “Corp of Discovery”

• William Clark and I led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.

King George III

• I was called a “Royal Brute” by Thomas Paine

• I was responsible for instituting the Tea Act

• King of England during the American Revolution

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• I was involved in the abolitionist movement.

• I attended an abolitionist convention in London, but had to stay in the other room because I am a woman.

• I organized the Seneca Falls Convention to gain attention for women’s rights.

Jefferson Davis

• I was in the army before the Civil War.

• I am a Southerner.

• I became the President of the Confederate States of America.

William Penn

• A state is named after me.

• I am a Quaker.

• I established a colony in Pennsylvania

James Madison

• My wife, Dolly, saved George Washington’s portrait during the War of 1812.

• I am known as the Father of the Constitution.

• I was instrumental in the court case that established Judicial Review.

Marquis de Lafayette

• I fought during the American Revolution.

• I am French.

• I was a close advisor to Washington.

Patrick Henry

• I was an antifederalist.

• I was a patriot.

• I said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Hernando Cortez

• I am from Spain.

• I am a Conquistador.

• I conquered the Aztecs.

Francisco Pizzaro

• I am from Europe

• I am a conquistador who traveled to Peru.

• I conquered the Incas

Napolean Bonaparte

• I was involved in war.

• I am French.

• I sold my territory to the US for $15million dollars.

Crispus Attucks

• I am a patriot.

• I am African American.

• I was shot and killed at the Boston Massacre.

Sacagewea

• I am a Native American.

• I was kidnapped by the Mandan Tribe.

• I served as a guide to Lewis and Clark.