Review For 2nd Benchmark Who Am I Jan. 2010

REVIEW FOR 2nd BENCHMARK TEST

WHO AM ?

SOL 1.6, 1.7 & 1.8

6th GRADE

Who Am I?

I was one of the first five presidents

I wrote an important doctrine

I warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere

I was president number 5

I Am…

James Monroe

Who Am I?

I led the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary WarI would go on to become one of the early presidents of the United StatesWhile I was president, the Bill of Rights was added to the ConstitutionThe federal court system was also established during my administrationPlans were initiated for the development of a national capital while I was presidentPolitical parties grew out of disagreements between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over the proper role of national government during my administration

I Am…

George Washington

Who Am I?

I supported independence during the American Revolutionary War

I was a writer

I wrote poems and plays supporting independence from England

I was a former slave

I Am…

Phyllis Wheatley

Who Am I?

I supported independence during the American Revolutionary War

I was a colonial journalist

I wrote Common Sense

I Am…

Thomas Paine

Who Am I?

I was an outspoken member of the House of Burgesses

I inspired colonial patriotism with my speeches

I declared “Give me liberty or give me death!”

I Am…

Patrick Henry

Who Am I?

I was an abolitionist leader

I was an escaped slave

I was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

I Am…

Harriet Tubman

Who Am I?

I was the major author of an important document

My document outlined the grievances of the colonists against the King of England

I would go on to become the third president of the United States

During my presidency, I would purchase the Louisiana territory from France

I Am…

Thomas Jefferson

Who Am I?

I was an abolitionist leader

I was an escaped slave

I was a great public speaker

I printed a newspaper called The North Star

I Am…

Frederick Douglass

Who Am I?

I was involved in the American Revolutionary War

I opposed the colonies gaining their independence

I was the King of England

I Am…

King George III

Who Am I?

I was the leader of an early political party

I favored strong national government

I favored a limit on states’ powers

I favored a national bank

I favored development of industry on a national scale

I was the leader of the Federalists

I Am…

Alexander Hamilton

Who Am I?

I was a Patriot during the American Revolutionary War

I gave colonists advanced warning of British arrival

I am often quoted as saying “The British are coming!” on my nighttime ride

I Am…

Paul Revere

Who Are We?

We believed women were deprived of their basic rights

We worked to earn women the right to vote

We were important leaders of the Suffrage Movement

We Are…

Isabel Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Who Am I?

I was the author of the Bill of Rights

I was president during the War of 1812, when Europe gained respect for the United States

I was president number four

I Am…

James Madison

Who Am I?

I was an astronomer

I was also a surveyor

I helped complete the design for Washington, D.C.

I Am…

Benjamin Banneker

Who Are We?

We are known for an invention

One of us was a slave

Our invention increased the productivity of the American farmer

Our invention was the reaper

We Are…

Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson (no picture found)

Who Am I?

I was as prominent member of the Continental Congress

I helped frame the Declaration of Independence

I Am…

Benjamin Franklin

Who Am I?

I was an inventor

My invention connected Southern farms and plantations to Northern industries

My invention provided faster river transportation

I invented the steamboat

I Am…

Robert Fulton

Who Am I?

I was an inventor

My invention increased cotton production

My invention also increased the need for slave labor

I Am…

Eli Whitney

Who Am I?

I was an abolitionist leader

I printed a newspaper

I was one of the first white abolitionists

I Am…

William Lloyd Garrison

Who Am I?

I fought during the Revolutionary War

I fought for the British Army

I surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown

I Am…

Lord Cornwallis

Who Am I?

I was an English philosopher

I said that people have inherent rights to life, liberty, and property

I also said the government makes a contract to protect the rights of the people, and governments only have the power people consent to give it

I was inspiration for Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence

I Am…

John Locke

Who Are We?

We set off on a two year trek to explore land recently acquired by the United States

We explored the territory that doubled the size of the United States

Thomas Jefferson sent us on our mission

We Are…

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Who Am I?

I championed the cause of independence during the American Revolutionary War

After the war, I would become the second president of the United States

A two-party system emerged during my presidency

I Am…

John Adams