Memorize these and recognize 26.7% of all 19th Century America clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Jacob Astor | 7 | His Pacific Fur Company was founded on June 23, 1810, in order to extend his fur influence over the Northwest |
| 2 | the Erie Canal | 5 | This 363-mile waterway opened on October 26, 1825 |
| 3 | Susan B. Anthony | 5 | Born in Mass. in 1820, she had abolition & temperance as her main causes before focusing on women's rights |
| 4 | Brigham Young | 4 | Though out of political office, he basically ran Utah from the 1850s until his death in 1877 |
| 5 | Boss Tweed | 4 | In 1864 this NYC politician set up a printing company, then assigned all city printing to it |
| 6 | Seward | 4 | In 1838 this man who later bought Alaska was elected governor of New York |
| 7 | Daniel Webster | 4 | In an 1830 debate this senator said, "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable" |
| 8 | Stephen Foster | 4 | In 1848 he sold his song "Oh! Susanna" for $100 |
| 9 | Horace Greeley | 4 | This publisher founded the New York Tribune as a Whig paper & later helped start the Republican party in 1854 |
| 10 | (George) Pullman | 4 | In 1863 he patented his popular folding upper berth |
| 11 | (Andrew) Johnson | 4 | He never appeared at his 1868 impeachment trial |
| 12 | vice president | 3 | William Rufus King, elected to this post in 1852, died before he could fulfill his duties |
| 13 | the Monroe Doctrine | 3 | Laid down in 1823, this policy declared the U.S. would not allow new colonies to be created in the Americas |
| 14 | Texas | 3 | Capitals of this republic included Washington-on-the-Brazos & Houston |
| 15 | Andrew Jackson | 3 | When he didn't get along with this President, John C. Calhoun resigned as Vice President in 1832 |
| 16 | Aaron Burr | 3 | Alexander Hamilton was instrumental in this man's losing the 1804 race for governor of N.Y. |
| 17 | Thomas Jefferson | 3 | In 1815 Congress purchased this ex-president's 6,000-book library for the Library of Congress |
| 18 | Samuel Morse | 3 | Sidney Morse invented the bathometer, to explore the sea; this brother was a better-known inventor |
| 19 | Robert E. Lee | 3 | You can tour this general's 1807 Virginia birthplace, Stratford Hall |
| 20 | Austin | 3 | He was Sam Houston's Secretary of State & got the capital named after him |
| 21 | Wounded Knee | 2 | On Dec. 29, 1890 more than 200 Lakota were killed by the U.S. Army near this South Dakota creek |
| 22 | the Whigs | 2 | Constitutional Union Party, which nominated John Bell for pres. in 1860, was the last remnant of this party |
| 23 | the Johnstown Flood | 2 | 1889 event that caused the damage seen here |
| 24 | the Battle of Bunker Hill | 2 | In 1825 the Marquis de Lafayette laid the cornerstone for a monument to this battle |
| 25 | Tennessee | 2 | On July 24, 1866 this state volunteered to be the first Confederate one readmitted to the Union |
| 26 | Stephen Douglas | 2 | In 1854 this Ill. senator sponsored the Kan.-Neb. Act whose passage angered anti-slavery forces |
| 27 | slavery | 2 | The Wilmot Proviso tried to outlaw this practice in any territory acquired from Mexico |
| 28 | Ohio | 2 | On March 1, 1803 it became the 17th state & the first created from the Northwest Territory |
| 29 | Mexico | 2 | Joel Poinsett, the 1st U.S. minister to this Latin American nation, opposed the war with it in 1846 |
| 30 | Mathew Brady | 2 | In 1870 he published his "National Photographic Collection of War Views and Portraits...." |
| 31 | Louisiana | 2 | It was the 1st state admitted to the Union after the land purchase from France in 1803 |
| 32 | Lewis & Clark | 2 | Historical markers indicate all 1,940 miles traveled by these explorers across Montana |
| 33 | John Deere | 2 | By 1857 he was producing 10,000 steel plows per year |
| 34 | Jefferson Davis | 2 | 20 some years after he helped it do both, he wrote "The Rise & Fall of the Confederate Government" |
| 35 | Indiana | 2 | In 1811 the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in what is now this state |
| 36 | Frederick Douglass | 2 | Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century |
| 37 | flogging | 2 | Can you beat that? in 1850 congress outlawed this form of punishment in the Navy |
| 38 | DeWitt Clinton | 2 | In the 1812 election, President Madison defeated this man, the nephew of his first Veep George Clinton |
| 39 | Custer | 2 | "My Life on the Plains" was an 1874 book by this "boy general" & Indian fighter |
| 40 | cotton | 2 | In the pre-Civil War south, this crop was more valuable than all others combined |
| 41 | Chicago | 2 | On October 8, 1871, a fire broke out near the barn of Patrick & Catherine O'Leary; & the next morning this city was in ruins |
| 42 | California | 2 | On July 5, 1846 John C. Fremont was chosen to direct the affairs of this "Bear Flag" republic |
| 43 | Atlantic City | 2 | The first boardwalk in America was completed in 1870 in this resort city |
| 44 | Andrew Carnegie | 2 | In the 1870s this philanthropist built the first U.S. factory to use the Bessemer steel-making process |
| 45 | Andersonville | 2 | Henry Wirz, the commandant of this infamous prison, was executed for war crimes in 1865 |
| 46 | Abraham Lincoln | 2 | Accepting the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 1858, he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand" |
| 47 | the Union Pacific | 2 | The Credit Mobilier scandal involved this "oceanic" railroad company |
| 48 | Thomas Edison | 2 | He established his electric light company in 1878, a year before he perfected his bulb |
| 49 | Senator from Illinois | 2 | Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas were vying for this office when they had their famous debates |
| 50 | James K. Polk | 2 | It caused rich amusement that the name of this president, whose wife didn't allow dancing, was similar to that of a dance |
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