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| 56338776 | Andrew Jackson | The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers. | 0 | |
| 56338777 | Abraham Lincoln | U.S. statesmen, 16th president. Led Union to victory in Civil War. Assassinated. Sometimes called "Honest Abe". | 1 | |
| 56338778 | John Macdonald | the head of upper canada's conservative party it was because of him parliament pased british north american act which made canada a nation aka the domain of canada and then he became the 1st prime minister of canada | 2 | |
| 56338779 | Benito Juarez | Mexican national heroand president; brought liberal reforms to Mexico, including separation of church and state, land distribution to the poor, and an educational system for all of Mexico | 3 | |
| 56338780 | Juan Manuel de Rosa | conservative Argentine politician who governed the Buenos Aires Province from 1829 to 1832 and again, from 1835 to 1852 | 4 | |
| 56338781 | Porfirio Diaz | a dictator who dominated Mexico, permitted foriegn companies to develop natural resources and had allowed landowners to buy much of the countries land from poor peasants | 5 | |
| 56338782 | Emiliano Zapata | leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which lasted 10 years; 1910-1920; faught for farmers' rights; gathered army in southern Mexico and urged farmers to join; Liberation Army of the South | 6 | |
| 56338783 | Louis Riel | Metis leader of the Manitoba and North-West rebellions | 7 | |
| 56338784 | Louisiana Purchase | A territory in the west central United States purchased from France in 1803; extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and the gulf of Mexico to Canada. | 8 | |
| 56338785 | Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean | 9 | |
| 56338786 | Indian Removal (the trail of tears) | the nineteenth century policy of the government of the US to remove Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river | 10 | |
| 56338787 | Mexican- American War | Polk wanted tdo also aquire California/New Mexico region. Polk resorted to an agressive method by sending troops to disputed area. US declared war on Mex. when hostilities arose. Americans captured Mexico City. Santa Anna fled, war ended | 11 | |
| 56338788 | Emancipation Proclamation | issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free | 12 | |
| 56338789 | Dawes Act | An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism. | 13 | |
| 56338790 | Caudillos | independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies; sometimes seized national governments to impose their concept of rule; typical throughout newly independent countries of Latin America | 14 | |
| 56338791 | La Reforma | a liberal reform movement in 19th-century Mexico, led by Benito Juarez | 15 | |
| 56338792 | Northwest Rebellion | An armed uprising of Métis and other Native people who wanted the Canadian government to recognize their rights, led by Louis Riel | 16 | |
| 56338793 | Guachos | cowboys of Argentina | 17 |
