Who Da Man??

100 people in 100 days

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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