17th President of the United States; Southern Democrat; took office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; opposed Radical Reconstruction plans; first president to be impeached due to violating the Tenure of Office Act in 1868

Responsible for the raid on Harpers Ferry, wished for slaves to rebel against their slave owners; he was executed for killing five white slave owners

5th President of the United States; responsible for creating foreign policy prohibiting further European colonization in the Americas

The king of England during the American Revolution

This group of immigrants moved to the West seeking gold, helping build the railroads and the Transcontinental Railroad

Inventor of the steamboat

President of the Confederate States of America

Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War

Religious group that settled in Pennsylvania as a safe haven to escape religious persecution

6th President of the United States; involved in the "corrupt bargain" of the election of 1824

Founder of Connecticut, author of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Leader of the Sons of Liberty; responsible for leading boycotts in Boston and leading the Boston Tea Party

Union general responsible for the "March to the Sea," in which the city of Atlanta, Georgia was destroyed