McGuffey Readers[r]: A set of highly influential school textbooks used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the elementary grades in the United States. [e]
Abraham Lincoln[r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. [e]
Alexander Long[r]: (1816-1886) American politician who served as a Representative from Ohio; a member of the Democratic Party, Long was one of the anti-war Copperheads who were vociferously opposed to the U.S. Civil War. [e]
American Civil War[r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
Andrew Jackson[r]: (1767-1845) Seventh U.S. President (from 1829 to 1837), general defeating the British at New Orleans in 1815; sponsored the violent removal of Native Americans from Tennessee to Oklahoma. [e]
Barack Obama[r]: 44th President of the United States of America (2009–2017) and a former Senator from Illinois (U.S. state) (born 1961). [e]
Benjamin Harrison[r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Benjamin Harrison (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.