Important People Western Expansion

Two explorers who were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisianna Purchase.

The fourteenth president of the United States. Was the president who basically led the U.S western expansion

He was the leader of the Haitain Revolution. "I was born a slave, but naturegave me a soul of a free man"

Annexed Texas Signed the Indian Removal Act. Was president of the United States

He "stole" Britains ideas of English machines. He found a way to put spinning and weaving in one building.

Invented the cotton gin. He revolutionized cotton picking. He also made slave rates and cotton rates go up dramastically.

One of the most forceful voices for Abolition. He launched the newspaper called the Liberator which became the leading antislavery publication for thirty four years. He cofounded the American Anti-slavery system.

Refromers who wanted to abolish slavery. They wanted to cut it off completely. Began in the mid 1800's

He escaped from slavery. Encouraged by other abolitionists such as Garrison to speak about his antislavery rallies. He spoke in front of many large crowds about his experiences.

Abolitionist Ally of Stanton. Her and Stanton sounded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. In 1860, she convinced New York to pass a law protecting women's property rights.

Abolitionist She was rejected participating in a meeting. So then she met in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss women's rights.

An abolitionist who escaped from slavery. Then she helped more than 300 people escape through the Underground Railroad.