Mid-Term Exam Preparation - Mr. E's Forum: 2006-2007

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Mid-Term Exam Preparation

Date: Jan 18, 2007

So who can tell me what the dispute was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Who can shout out the most they know about sectionalism, hmm? C'mon. Don't be shy.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

Who can shout out the most they know about sectionalism, hmm? C'mon. Don't be shy.

sectionalism came from the differences between the north and south. the north had a growing industrial economy, a growing population and overall changing way of life(urbanization). the south had an agricultural economy, a smaller population and lived in more rural settings. The two sections could no longer identify with each other and grew apart, thus sectionalism.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

So who can tell me what the dispute was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was?

The disputes between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were over the Constitution, states rights and the idea of the Bank of the United States.Hamilton believed in a strong central government and that the Constitution should be loosely interpeted and any law not given could be put in. Jefferson believed in strong state government and that anything not put into the Constitution is up for the states to decide if it should be aloowed. Among these issues was the Bank of the U.S. Jefferson believed that since the Constituiton didn't state that the Bank of the U.S. was constitutional under law so he wanted the states to decide what to do with it. Hamilton believed it was up to the government to decide what was best for its country.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Jefferson was for states rights and a not so strong central government. Hamilton was for a strong central governmet that was dominated by the rich. One issue relating to Hamilton's ideas that Jefferson and Hamilton disputed on was the establishment of a national bank.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

So who can tell me what the dispute was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was?

increased federal power Vs. States rights. industrial and competive economy Vs. agricultural economy and 'happiness'.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

s.bailey wrote:

mre wrote:

Who can shout out the most they know about sectionalism, hmm? C'mon. Don't be shy.

sectionalism came from the differences between the north and south. the north had a growing industrial economy, a growing population and overall changing way of life(urbanization). the south had an agricultural economy, a smaller population and lived in more rural settings. The two sections could no longer identify with each other and grew apart, thus sectionalism.

What about the poor-forgotten west? Henry Clay is crying in his grave...

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Makeda wrote:

Jefferson was for states rights and a not so strong central government. Hamilton was for a strong central governmet that was dominated by the rich. One issue relating to Hamilton's ideas that Jefferson and Hamilton disputed on was the establishment of a national bank.

What about those political party thingys?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

So who can tell me what the dispute was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson was?

The main dispute between them was that Hamilton supported a strong national government, being a Federalist and all, and Jefferson wanted the power to belong to the individual states, being a Democratic-Republican (although his views seemed to change once he became president).

President Washington leaned more toward Hamilton in his views on politics, for he had to take into account how young the country really was.

...

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

s.bailey wrote:

mre wrote:

Who can shout out the most they know about sectionalism, hmm? C'mon. Don't be shy.

sectionalism came from the differences between the north and south. the north had a growing industrial economy, a growing population and overall changing way of life(urbanization). the south had an agricultural economy, a smaller population and lived in more rural settings. The two sections could no longer identify with each other and grew apart, thus sectionalism.

What about the poor-forgotten west? Henry Clay is crying in his grave...

and in the west people were just trying to survive, there was fur trade and few factories, but for the most part people only produced what they needed to survive, so they couldnt even touch on a competive economy.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

more buying and selling, producing for the purpose of profit Vs. only producing what you need. increased money circulation and more oportunity to aqire money

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

History
Truth
the Bearing Strait (sp?)
English civil war
Conquistadors
Spanish missionaries
Columbus
Joint-stock companies
Jamestown

...

Abraham Lincoln

Date: Jan 18, 2007

s.bailey wrote:

mre wrote:

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

more buying and selling, producing for the purpose of profit Vs. only producing what you need. increased money circulation and more oportunity to aqire money

What about tarrifs or land speculation or early industrialization, huh? What do ya know about that??

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Alex Z. wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

History
Truth
the Bearing Strait (sp?)
English civil war
Conquistadors
Spanish missionaries
Columbus
Joint-stock companies
Jamestown

...

Abraham Lincoln

I can write lists too, Mr Z. Do you know what each means??

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

1) stamp tax- imposed on colonies by britain, taxed paper (from offical documents to playing cards)

2) sons of liberty- group of americans who suported the revolution, included sam adams and paul revere.

3)sugar act- tax on molasses imposed on colonies by britain.

4)ann hutchinson- banished from MA for saying that god spoke to her......ect.....

5)Roger Williams- also banished from MA, founder of rhode island, encouraged religious freedom

6) william penn- founder of pennsylvania, quaker.

7) hessians- german mercinaries for british in revolution

8)quartering- colonisnts forced to take british soldiers into thier homes and care for them

9)impressment- people abducted and forced to work on british ships, forced into navy or army.

10)purtian- dominate colonist religion, very strict.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

Alex Z. wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

History
Truth
the Bearing Strait (sp?)
English civil war
Conquistadors
Spanish missionaries
Columbus
Joint-stock companies
Jamestown

...

Abraham Lincoln

I can write lists too, Mr Z. Do you know what each means??

History is what I'm working on now, so I don't have time just yet to give you an answer.

...but does anyone really know what Truth is...?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

s.bailey wrote:

mre wrote:

How about this one: does anyone remember what the switch-over to a market economy was all about?

more buying and selling, producing for the purpose of profit Vs. only producing what you need. increased money circulation and more oportunity to aqire money

What about tarrifs or land speculation or early industrialization, huh? What do ya know about that??

don't get fresh mr.e :)

tarrifs were taxes imposed on goods, land speculation was whatever (i dont know), early industrialization was ...umm... factories that produced iron and textile mills

Date: Jan 18, 2007

OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

what about 10 people given credit they didn't deserve?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

1. Pontiac Rebellion- a war launched in 1763 by North American Indians who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes after the French and Indian War.

2. Alien and Sedition 1798 - Passed by John Adams that jailed anyone who spoke bad about the government and to stop alien citizens from spreadinfg their ideas on our government and the ideas about the French Revolution.

3. Embargo Act of 1807- Prhohibited all export of cargo on all American ports. It was used to in ways punish Britain and France for the impressment of American Ships.

4. Louisiana Purchase- The biggest purchase known by anyone in the U.S. It doubled the size of America. Jeffesron bought this from Napoleon when Napoleon gave up on his own American settlement.

5. William Tecumseh Sherman- Union general that was put in charge of Grant's westward movement. He moved his forces deep into the heart of the south and burned down cities and destroyed railroad lines and took no prisoners because he believed anyoen living in the territory is a Confederate supporter and they are the enemy.

6. Robert E. Lee- The head general of the Confederate Army who was known for his good strategics on the battlefield. He was known for escaping battles wiht either his whole army or to evade capture almost all the time.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Alex Z. wrote:

mre wrote:

Alex Z. wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

History
Truth
the Bearing Strait (sp?)
English civil war
Conquistadors
Spanish missionaries
Columbus
Joint-stock companies
Jamestown

...

Abraham Lincoln

I can write lists too, Mr Z. Do you know what each means??

History is what I'm working on now, so I don't have time just yet to give you an answer.

...but does anyone really know what Truth is...?

Truth is a river.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

1.sectionalism

2.Andrew Jackson

3.Civil War

4.Thomas Jefferson

5.slavery

6.abolitionists

7.Declaration of Independence

8.Emancipation Proclamation

9.Panic of some year that i forgot (1863 maybe?)

10.assasination of Lincoln

Date: Jan 18, 2007

7.)Indian Removal Act of 1830- Act passed by Jackson to make all the native americans out of the states and putting them into their own territory.

8.) Nullification Crisis- Jackson believed that the prsedient was the true power over a law and that a state cant just nullify any law that it saw that would harm it.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

10 most important:

1) g.washington

2) abe lincoln

3) Robert E Lee

4) b.franklin

5) tom jeffersom

6) a. hamilton

7)henry clay

8)

9)

10)

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Krystal F. wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

1.sectionalism

2.Andrew Jackson

3.Civil War

4.Thomas Jefferson

5.slavery

6.abolitionists

7.Declaration of Independence

8.Emancipation Proclamation

9.Panic of some year that i forgot (1863 maybe?)

10.assasination of Lincoln

Krystal, what can you tell me about these? Can you go back to September? October? Remember before it was cold outside?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

Krystal F. wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Here's another challenge: list 10 terms of the earliest facts you remember from the course. Go waaaayyy back. See what you can come up with.

1.sectionalism

2.Andrew Jackson

3.Civil War

4.Thomas Jefferson

5.slavery

6.abolitionists

7.Declaration of Independence

8.Emancipation Proclamation

9.Panic of some year that i forgot (1863 maybe?)

10.assasination of Lincoln

Krystal, what can you tell me about these? Can you go back to September? October? Remember before it was cold outside?

ha you're funny. no, i cant remember before it was cold outside. sorry. but i do know about most of these things...

Date: Jan 18, 2007

9.) Ulysses S. Grant- Union general in charge of accomplishing the task of seizing the Missisippi River. HE later became commander of all the Union forces after his success in battle.

10.) The Anaconda Plan- Lincoln's plan of attack against the COnfederacy. 1. Block the ports. 2. Seize the Missisippi River and 3. Cut the Confederate states in two.

Also i think its a general fact that greenhorns cant spell Missisippi or at least think they are spelling it wrong lol. Just a fun fact joking bout my own culture.

Date: Jan 18, 2007

s.bailey wrote:

mre wrote:

OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

what about 10 people given credit they didn't deserve?

Samantha, I think that's GREAT! Go for it! Who's on the list?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

mre wrote:

OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

For those who don't get enough credit (which is completely subjective), how about: 1) York (African American with Lewis and Clark), 2) Metacom (King Phillip), 3) James Wilson (important role in the Constitutional Convention), 4) Sequoya (Cherokee chief who created a unique written language), 5) Osceola (Seminole chief), 6) Sam Houston (for his unique personality, alliances and principles), 7) Joshua Chamberlain (probably saved the whole battle and potentially the war at Gettysburg), 8) Lucy Stone (one of the strongest advocates for gender equality in her age - a powerhouse), 9) William Dawes (did most of the riding for Paul Revere), 10) Thomas Paine (for being so important and influencial in the revolution and so unlucky in just about everything else in life).

Date: Jan 18, 2007

OK, ok. Here's another challenge for you all too... How about locations? What are some of the 10 most important places (and the things they are important for) in American history from colonization to reconstruction?

Date: Jan 18, 2007

Another challenge can focus on the 10 most important days in American history from colonization to reconstruction... What do you all think? Anyone know what happened on July 20th, 1848?

Date: Jan 19, 2007

July 20, 1848 was the second day of the Seneca Falls Convention, in which women met and discussed the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Date: Jan 19, 2007

Krystal F. wrote:
July 20, 1848 was the second day of the Seneca Falls Convention, in which women met and discussed the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

That's it!

Date: Jan 19, 2007

A- Alexander Hamilton

B- Boston Tea Party

C- Compromise of 1850

D- Declaration of Independence

E- Emancipation Proclamation

F- Fredrick Douglass

G- George Washington

H- House of Burgesses

I- Industrilaization

J- John Adams

K- Kansas-Nebraska Act

L- Louisiana Purchase

M- Monroe Doctrine

N- Know-Nothing Party

O- Oliver Cromwell

P- Proclamation of 1763

Q- Quartering Act

R- French Revolution

S- Stamp Act

T- Texas Revolution

U- Ulysses S. Grant

V- Vicksburgh

W- Daniel Webster

X- XYZ Affair

Y- Yorktown

Z- Zinn

Date: Jan 19, 2007

mre wrote:
s.bailey wrote:
mre wrote:
OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?
what about 10 people given credit they didn't deserve?
Samantha, I think that's GREAT! Go for it! Who's on the list?

1) Christopher Columbus- he wasn't even the first to discover the americas, how about the vikings and chinese.

2) Amelia Earhart- the only reason we know who she is is because she 'vanished' over the pacific

3)Pharaoh Tutankhamun- his rule had no real effect on history. we only only care because he had a lot of gold.

4) the dutch in america- lets face it. they were lame.

5) lizzie borden- oh, im sorry that was the first time a women ever killed anyone *sarcasm*...and on that note....

6) jack the ripper- oh no, because there was never anyother serial killer who preyd on prostitutes.

7) bill clinton- he lied, cheated, and didn't act on important information. but he had charisma, and thats why we love him.

8) george w. bush- like he really thinks of everything he does on his own.

9) Casablanca (yes the movie)- i know its not a person, but have you ever seen this movie? its the lamest most boring thing ive ever seen. it does not deserve the hype.

10) the mongols- all they did was destroy stuff. they made no real cutural or scientific strides.

Date: Jan 19, 2007

A- Alamo

B- Bull Run

C- Compromise of 1850

D- Dred Scot Decision

E- Election of 1861

F- French and Indian War

G- Graham

H- Hamilton

I- Intolerable Acts

J- Jacksonians

K- Kansas-Nebraska Act

L- Louisiana Purchase

M- Manifest Destiny

N- North West Ordinance

O- Oneida Community

P- King Philip

Q- quartering act

R- Revolutionary War

S- Slave Codes

T- Tea Act

U- Unitarianism

V- Vangrant Law

W- War of 1812

X- XYZ affair

Z- John Peter Zenger

Date: Jan 19, 2007

Attucks, Crispus

Boston Tea Party

Constitution

Dred Scott Case

Election 1868

Federalists

Gold Rush

Harper's Ferry

Irish Immigrants

Jeffersonians

Kentucky Resolutions

Lincoln's Inauguration

Manifest Destiny

Newspapers

Oregon Territory

Puritans

Quakers

Railroads

Scalawags

Transcendentalists

Universities

Vicksberg

Women's Movement

XYZ Affair

Yellow Fever

Zenger, John Peter

Date: Jan 19, 2007

Two links for you here: http://www.geocities.com/athens/pantheon/9910/ is the link to the AP US History Cram Packet. I copied it down and its on your AP CDROM, but its here as well. Use it! I also wanted to share with you the link to Mrs. Barao's Forum too. It's here: http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=103483.

Date: Jan 19, 2007

The ABC’s of U.S History

A: John Adams/ Anaconda Plan

B: Border States/ John Brown/ John Wilkes Booth/ Britain

C: Black Codes/ Compromise of 1850

D: Stephen A. Douglas/ Jefferson Davis/ Democrats

E: England

F: Fort Sumter/ Fugitive Slave Act

G: Battle of Gettysburg/ Ulysses S. Grant/ Georgia

H: Alexander Hamilton/ Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

I: Indian Tribes/ Lincoln’s Inaugural Addresses/ Impeachments

J: Andrew Jackson/ Andrew Johnson

K: Kansas-Nebraska Act/ KKK

L. Louisiana Purchase/ Abraham Lincoln

M. Monroe Doctrine/ Missouri Compromise/ Maryland

N. National Bank/ North/ North Carolina

O. New Orleans

P. Panic of 1837/ Plessy vs. Fergusson

Q. Quartering Act

R: Reconstruction Period/ Revolutionary War/ Republicans

S. Tecumseh Sherman/ Sectionalism/ Spain

T. Tariffs/ Samuel Tilden

U. Union Army/ Underground Railroad

V. Battle of Vicksburg/ Virginia

W. Wilmot Proviso/ George Washington/ Daniel Webster/ Wade-Davis Bill

X. XYZ Affair (there’s only one for this letter)

Y: Battle at Yorktown

Z: John Peter Zenger

Date: Jan 19, 2007

s.bailey wrote:
mre wrote:
s.bailey wrote:
mre wrote:
OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?
what about 10 people given credit they didn't deserve?
Samantha, I think that's GREAT! Go for it! Who's on the list?
1) Christopher Columbus- he wasn't even the first to discover the americas, how about the vikings and chinese.
2) Amelia Earhart- the only reason we know who she is is because she 'vanished' over the pacific
3)Pharaoh Tutankhamun- his rule had no real effect on history. we only only care because he had a lot of gold.
4) the dutch in america- lets face it. they were lame.
5) lizzie borden- oh, im sorry that was the first time a women ever killed anyone *sarcasm*...and on that note....
6) jack the ripper- oh no, because there was never anyother serial killer who preyd on prostitutes.
7) bill clinton- he lied, cheated, and didn't act on important information. but he had charisma, and thats why we love him.
8) george w. bush- like he really thinks of everything he does on his own.
9) Casablanca (yes the movie)- i know its not a person, but have you ever seen this movie? its the lamest most boring thing ive ever seen. it does not deserve the hype.
10) the mongols- all they did was destroy stuff. they made no real cutural or scientific strides.

i couldnt think of enough people from only US history

Date: Jan 19, 2007

A- John Adams

B- William Bradford

C- Constitution

D- Declaration of Independence

E-

F- Millard Fillmore

G- Ulysses S. Grant

H- House of Representatives

I- industrialization

J- Andrew Johnson

K- Kansas-Nebraska Act

L- Legislature

M- Mexican War

N- Norwest Ordinance

O- Oneida communitity, Olive Branch Petition

P- Plymouth

Q- Quakers

R- Radical Republicans

S- Saratoga

T- Texan Revolution

U- Union Soldiers

V- Virginia Colony

W- Mercy Otis Warren

X- Malcom X? haha

Y- Yorktown

Z-

Date: Jan 19, 2007

ABC's of APUSH

A- Andrew Johnson

B- Boston Massacre

C- Crispus Attackus

D- Decleration of Independence

E- Emancipation Proclamation

F- Frederick Douglass

G- Great Compromise of 1787

H- Harriett Tubmann

I- Indian Removal Act

J- Jefferson, Thomas

K- Kansas, Bleeding

L- Land Ordinance of 1785

M- Milford James

N- Nathan Bedford Forrest

O- Ordinance, Northwest

P- Panic of 1873

Q- Quincy, John Adams

R- Roger Williams

S- Seneca Falls Convenction

T- Thirteenth Amendment

U- US Constitution

V- Veto, Power of

W- William Tecumseh Sherman

X- X, Malcolm

Y- Yosemite Park

Z- ZINN

Now I know my ABC's next time won't you sing with me.

Date: Jan 19, 2007

A- Abolitionists
B- Boston Tea Party
C- Cleveland, Grover
D- Democrat
E- Emancipation of Proclamation
F- Freedman's Bureau
G- Gettysburg, Battle of
H- Herbet Hoover
I- Iron Clads
J- Johnson, Andrew
K- King George III
L- Lewis and Clark Expedition
M- Monroe, James
N- Navigation act
O- Oklahoma (Trail of Tears)
P- Panic of 1837
Q- Quartering Act
R- Revolutionary War
S- Sacagawea
T- Temperance
U- U.S. Constitution
V- Virginia
W- White House, Washington D.C.
X- X, Malcom
Y- Yorktown, Battle of
Z- Zinn

Date: Jan 19, 2007

a- alexander gram bell

b- burning atlanta

c- colonies

d- davis, jefferson

e- electricity

f- factories

g- gin, (as in cotton gin)

h- homestead act

i- iroquis

j- jefferson, thomas

k- ku klux klan?

l- lynching

m- militia

n- navy

o- ohio valley

p- pirates

q- quakers

r- robert e. lee

s- steam power

t- taxes

u- ulysseys s grant

v- virginia...

w- womens rights

x- xenophobe

y- i don't know. yugoslavia? yogurt?

z- .........zebra

Date: Jan 19, 2007

Articles of confederation

Buchannan, James

Compromise of 1850

Declaration of Independence

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

First transcontinental railroad

George III

Henry Clay

Indian removal Act

James Madison

King Phillips war

Lecompton Constitution

Monroe, James

Nat Turners’ Rebellion

Ohio River Valley

Pottawatomie Massacre

Queen Elizabeth

Reconstruction

Second constitutional convention

Temperance movement

U.S. steel

Valley Forge

Winthrop, John- Puritan fanatic

XYZ Affair-

Battle of Yorktown

Zinn-lol

Date: Jan 19, 2007

A. America

B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Compromise of 1850

D. Declaration of Independence

E. Emancipation Proclamation

F. Federalist Papers

G. Gettysburg Address

H. Hessians

I. Intolerable Acts

J. Jefferson Administration

K. King George III

L. Louisiana Purchase

M. McClellan, George B.

N. Nationalism

O. Oklahoma

P. Pacifists

Q. Quartering Act

R. Revolutionary War

S. Seward, William

T. Tea Party

U. Ulysses S. Grant

V. Virginia

W. Wade-Davis Bill

X. XYZ Affair

Y. Yorktown , Battle of

Z. Zinn

Date: Jan 19, 2007

mre wrote:
OK. Yet another challenge (actually two): Who do you think are the 10 most important people that we've studied so far (colonization to reconstruction) and who do you think are the 10 most important people who don't get enough credit or mention in American History?

10 most important people:

1. Frederick Douglas- He was by far one of the most influential black leaders during the antebellum period. He also helped the black community attain new rights all throughout the Civil War, such as being enlisted into the army as actual soldiers instead of just volunteers, and he organized the first all-African American regiments.

2.Benjamin Franklin- Ben Franklin came up with many things that we use every day. He created the first public library, he was the first person to try and harness electricity (uhm, the kite and the key thing that we've heard about every history class since kindergarten?) and for anyone who wears glasses, he was the one who invented bifocal lenses for glasses. He got sick of taking them on and off all the time, when he only needed them for reading. He helped adapt the process of dividing a ship's hold into watertight compartments so that if a leak started in one compartment, it would only flood that section of the hold instead of the entire ship. (This process was first used by the Chinese) His inventions and ideas helped inspire future scientists and inventors that have taken Franklin's ideas and turned them into some of the necessities of Americans way of life.

3.George Washington- The first President of our country, and he set the bar for all the presidents after him. After the Revolution, Washington kept the country out of all other foreign conflicts, and helped us thrive into our own before allowing the country to go into any other sort of conflict.

4.Napolean Bonoupart- Maybe it was because he was small that I like him so much, I dont know. But we've all heard the term "Napolean Complex", and this is where that originated. Napolean took over almost all of Europe before coming into North America and taking over the French colonies in Louisiana. His plan was to take a hold in North America and hopefully take over another empire in the new world. He pulled France out of their Revolution, and most nearly restored them to the pre-Revolution period. He created an empire, and was then overthrown by his own people and exiled. Despite this, Napolean kept trying, conquering the island he was banished to, and trying to retake his empire, only to be exiled again. Napolean was probably the first taste of a "dictator" that America had to go up against as a country.

5. Henry Clay- He made so many different Compromises that its hard to keep track. But his ideas and his political process helped shape America into the country it is today, his policies helped to keep America out of civil war as long as it did.

6.Andrew Jackson- one of the first modern Presidents. His political campagines were the first to use "slander", and the process of elections changed drastically. Jackson also did many influential things while in office. He destroyed the Bank of America, which was not one of the most positive things he did as president, because it put American economy into a downward spiral. He also was the one who removed Native Americans to reservations in the West.

7.Abraham Lincoln- President during the Civil War. He helped end slavery in America for ever, he managed to hold a small group of states together to fight for four years for the freedom of all American citizens.

8. James K Polk- Polk helped to acquire a lot of new territory for the young country. His policies welcomed Texas, California and New Mexico into the United States.

9. Harriet Beecher Stowe- author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book was one of the most influential writings of the antebellum period. Her description of slavery and the hard lives of the people who suffered through it helped gain Northern sympathy for Southern slaves. Abraham Lincoln actually gave her the credit of sparking the Civil War.

10. Ulysses S. Grant- Grant was the General of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War. The first 2 years of the Civil War, Lincoln had appointed and dismissed two other generals who he didnt see fit to command the Union troops in battle. When Grant took over, the Union began to get an advantage on the South. Grant won some major battles, and eventually got Robert E. Lee to give and unconditional surrender and put a definite end to the Civil War.

10 people who dont get enough credit

1. Roger Williams- founded the Rhode Island colony, and was one of the first leaders who supported religious freedom. He was a Purtian, but his radical beliefs in religious freedom were not regarded fondly by Purtian leaders in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Williams was labled a "heretic" and exiled. He moved to Rhode Island and founded his own colony, and many people followed his example. Immigrants from other countries came to the Rhode Island colony to practice the religion of their culture in the New World, as the old one began to shrink. He gave early America its first taste of diversity and other cultures.

2.William Penn- founded the Quakers. He started a colony in Pennsylvania , and advertised it as a place of religious equality and freedom. The Quakers soon developed their own religion, a much less strict version of the Purtian beliefs many of the settlers had grown up with.

3. Thomas Paine- author of Common Sense, which has been called one of the most influential pamphlets ever written. It encouraged the colonies to unite and fight for their independance, since the government that was currently ruling over them was unfit, and as free people, they were allowed to overthrow a government that didnt work for them.

4. Soujourner Truth- Soujourner Truth was a very important figure in the abolition movement, and she went to many conventions to speak to white men and women abolitionists. She is not mentioned much in any history book, even though her history is possibly the most colorful. She was a mother of multiple children, all of whom were taken away from her and sold to other slave owners. She never saw them again. Her story is almost more interesting and endearing than Harriet Tubman's. The difference between these two women was that Harriet Tubman was the action version of Soujourner Truth. Soujourner was the voice of Harriet Tubman.

5. Elizabeth Cady Stanton- one of the most important leaders of the women's movement of the early 1900's. She was the originator of the Seneca Falls Convention, and the author "Article of Greivances" that was created at the Convention. She wrote it in the form of the Declaration of Independance, written centuries before by Thomas Jefferson. She was an educated woman who pioneered the way for many women, such as Susan B. Anthony to do great things in the fight for women's rights. Not much is known about her, except in connection to Susan B. Anthony. This is because the women worked so closely together. Elizabeth just never got thrown in jail or wore pants.

6. Jefferson Davis- the leader of the Confederacy, yet not much is known or mentioned about him or his history. He was one of the more influential Americans of the Civil War period, even though for a majority of that time he was not in fact, an American. As the President of the Confederacy, he was at the forfront of the civil war conflict.

7. William Lloyd Garrison- one of the major white abolitionists who wrote multiple pamphlets, and yet history books hardly ever talk about him.

8. John Brown- one of the first to advocate violent insurrection of slaves. He was put to death for his assault on

9. Robert E. Lee- As the General in charge of the Confederate army, he was also a major figure of the Civil War. He won major battles for the Confederate army, and was one of the strongest leaders the Confederacy had on its side. Little is actually known about him, except that he was not actually in support of seccession, but he would not abandon Virginia and fight against her.

10. Nathan Bedford Forrest- okay. BIGGEST DISCLAIMER EVER right here. Im not saying he doesnt get enough "credit"...Im saying he's not mentioned enough. I had no idea who he was until that movie we watched, and I mean...the KKK IS a pretty big deal. I would think the founder of the KKK would be just a bit more well-known to American history.

and to humor Ms. Bailey:

People Who Get Too Much Credit:

1. Paul Revere

2. Louis & Clark

3. John Wilkes Booth- ....I read so much about this guy this summer. And according to American Brutus, he actually fabricated his ENTIRE story. He says he broke his leg jumping from the box where he shot Lincoln, to the stage, but he most likely broke it in a riding accident while he was getting away.