Who Did What in American History? The People Who Made a Nation!

1. Who Did What in American History? The People Who Made a Nation!

2. #1 Commander of the Continental Army and 1st US President? Benedict Arnold Thomas Jefferson A: B: Benjamin Franklin George Washington C: D:

3. D: George Washington

4. #2 Name of joint stock organization that colonized Virginia in 1607? The Puritans King George’s Group A: B: Virginia Company British East India Company C: D:

5. C: Virginia Company

6. #3 Religious Group who signed Mayflower Compact And settled in Massachusetts? Shakers Quakers A: B: Anglicans Puritans C: D:

7. C: Puritans

8. #4 French military expert who helped in American Revolution? Jean Laffite Marquis de Lafayette A: B: Charles L’Enfant Jean Jacques Rousseau C: D:

9. B: Lafayette!

10. #5 1st Casualty of American Revolution! Crispus Attacks Paul Revere A: B: Nat Turner John Paul Jones C: D:

11. A: Crispus Attucks

12. #6 Stove, bifocals, diplomat to France, behind the Scenes compromiser during American Independence and The ratification of the US Constitution – just to name A few of his accomplishments? Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin A: B: Thomas Paine Frederick Douglass C: D:

13. B: Franklin

14. #7 Wrote Constitution? John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson and James Madison A: B: Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson John Adams and Benjamin Franklin C: D:

15. A: John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton

16. #8 Loser of popular vote election but winner in Congress? John Quincy Adams Thomas Jefferson A: B: Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln C: D:

17. A: John Quincy Adams

18. #9 Birdwoman was her name – helped Lewis and Clark Travel west? Sojourner Truth Sacajawea A: B: Harriett Tubman Florence Nightingale C: D:

19. B: Sacajawea

20. #10 Slave who gained national renown for His public speaking ability and dedication to abolition? Crispus Attucks Nat Turner A: B: Frederick Douglass Eli Whitney C: D:

21. C: Frederick Douglass

22. #11 Responsible for The removal and subsequent death of thousands of Cherokee and Choctaw Indians along the Trail of Tears.? John Adams Andrew Jackson A: B: John Calhoun Thomas Jefferson C: D:

23. B. Andrew Jackson

24. #12 Supreme Court Justice who ruled in the famous Marbury v. Madison case and made the Supreme Court an equal branch of government to the executive And legislative branches? John Jay John Marshall A: B: Thurgood Marshall Ulysses S. Grant C: D:

25. B: John Marshall

26. #13 Leader of Seneca Falls Convention and advocate For women’s suffrage? Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Beecher Stowe A: B: Harriet Tubman Sara Grimke C: D:

27. A: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

28. #14 Famous for beginning Red Cross during Civil War Angelina Grimke Emily Dickinson A: B: Sojourner Truth Clara Barton C: D:

29. D: Clara Barton

30. #15 Who wrote the words…”a government for the people, By the people.” Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln A: B: Thomas Paine Henry David Thoreau C: D:

31. B: Abraham Lincoln

32. So Who Did You Know? Shine on the STAAR!