Matching Pairs USHL U4 19th Century BiographiesOnline version Read the descriptions and click on the right picture. by Andreina Farias Monasterios 1 He became a national war hero and was elected the 7th U.S. president in 1828. 2 He was he 16th U.S. president, due in part to his opinion on slavery, the national infrastructure and protective tariffs. 3 This writer moved to Salem where losing his job turned into the chance to write his masterpiece: The Scarlet Letter. 4 American writer well-known for his evocative short stories and poems of mystery and horror like The Black Cat. 5 First major American novelist, author of frontier adventures: the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring the wilderness scout Natty Bumppo. 6 He self-published the collection Leaves of Grass; controversial at its time, now an American classic. 7 She started writing with her own name after her Civil War experiences. Little Women gave her a lifetime writing career. 8 Since she was a teen, she wrote hundreds of poems and letters that were published after her death. 9 He became famous for his fictional horror stories, was the U.S. ambassador to Spain and pushed for stronger copyright laws. 10 He worked on several vessels, and his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, sold poorly. He was posthumously regarded a great American writer.
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