Key People-Chapter 12, Part 1 A New National Identity

Freedom fighter called “the Liberator;” who led revolutions against Spanish rule in Latin America

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

Popularized historical fiction by placing their characters in real events

• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Catharine Maria Sedgwick

• Thomas Cole

• Simon Bolivar

Wrote using satire to show Americans why they should learn from the past and be cautious about the future

• Thomas Cole

• Natty Bumppo

• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Founded the Hudson River School of Art, developing a new style of painting which focused on American landscapes

• Washington Irving

• Thomas Cole

• James Monroe

• Catharine Maria Sedgwick

• Simon Bolivar

Challenged the commonly-held idea that women had to marry to be successful

• Washington Irving

• Thomas Cole

• James Monroe

• Catharine Maria Sedgwick

• Simon Bolivar

General who crossed the border into Florida in 1818 and started the First Seminole War

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

Was elected president by electoral vote in 1824, which many called the "corrupt bargain"

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

Lost the election of 1824, due to the "corrupt bargain"

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

Was appointed Secretary of State after the election of 1824, which many thought was due to a "corrupt bargain"

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

Representative from Kentucky, known as the "Great Compromiser"

• Andrew Jackson

• Simon Bolivar

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe