Who Da Man??
100 people in 100 days
#81-90
James Monroe 5th president of the US
Known as “Era of Good Feelings” - touring the states and nominating cabinet members from both north & south
Monroe Doctrine - Americas should be free from future European colonization, and interference with independent countries in the Americas would be considered a hostile act toward the United States.
John C. Calhoun
Vice President under Jackson
A famous “warhawk” along with Henry Clay
Was for nullification of federal laws and became the first VP to resign due to conflict with Jackson.
Benjamin Banneker
Self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor & writer
Surveyed land for Washington DC
Invented America’s first working clock carved out of wood
Stephen Austin 1st American settler in
Texas (when it was still Mexico)
Capital of Texas named after him
Considered “Father of Texas”
Vasco de Balboa
Spanish explorer & Conquistador
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Walked across the Isthmus of Panama that connects Central and South America
Meriweather Lewis
Francis Cabot Lowell
Instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the US
introduced the power loom and the integrated factory system to America
Pioneer in hiring women which became known as the “Lowell Mill Girls”
Henry Knox
Served in the Continental Army and the US Army
1st Secretary of War
Artillery commander under Washington during the Revolutionary War
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union General during the Civil war
Fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run – afterwards put on leave being deemed “unfit for duty”
Best known for his march to the sea and the burning of Atlanta
Cyrus McCormick Virginia farmer who
invented the mechanical reaper after his dad tried unsuccessfully
He also was the first to sell on credit
Eventually became known as the International Harvester Co.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince
Rarely explored himself, but sent many expeditions to west coast of Africa for mapping routes, spread Christianity, defeat Muslims & establish trade routes
Started a Navigation School