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8th Grade S.S. People Prep.Work

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Key Facts
Abraham Lincoln   Inauguratied president in 1860; wanted to preserve Union; Emancipation Procliamation. President during Civil War  
William T. Sherman   Sherman's March to the Sea; total war; union general  
Ulysses S. Grant   Great Union General; "He could fight" ; took Fort Henry and Donelson; cornered Lee and war was won  
Robert E. Lee   Great Confederate General; won many battles; refused Lincoln's offer to serve the Union  
Jefferson Davis   Confederate President; refused Lee's resignation  
Stonewall Jackson   Stood like a stonewall; Confederate; lost his left arm but Lee lost his right;  
George McClellan   Union General; hesitated too much; planned the Peninsular Campaign but it failed; Made the army an army  
Stephen Douglas   ran for senate against Lincoln; Called him Little Giant; Proposed Kansas Nebraska Act  
Geogre Pickett   lead a dangerous attack at Gettysburg towards Cemetery Hill.  
Matthew Brady   Famous for photography in the Civil War  
Dred Scott   slave who wanted freedom; was helped to file a lawsuit but was rejected; he was "property";unjust decision  
John Brown   violent abolitionist; he murdered 5 proslavery settlers in Kansas  
Frederick Douglass   An former slave who taught himself to read and write. he fled to Philidelphia; lecturer against slavery; Speech on 4th of July  
Nat Turner   Lead a rebelious slave revolt in SC  
Sam Houston   led the battle of San Jacinto; president of lone star republic  
Harriet Tubman   Known as Moses of her people; led 300 slaves on Underground Railroad; none died  
Harriet Breecher Stowe   Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin; changed view of slavery for many  
Henry Clay   The Great Compromiser; The Great Pacifier  
John C. Calhoun   proslavery; debater; first to want the South to secede from the North  
William Lloyd Garrison   wrote The Liberator-newspaper; organized New England Anti-Slavery Society; jailed because he helped slaves  
Sojourner Truth   famous speech- Ain't I a Woman-black  
Sammuel Morse   inventor of telegraph & morse code  
Cyrus McCormick   Inventor of the mechanical reaper  
Eli Whitney   inventor of the cotton gin; cleaned cotton b/c cotton kingdon was increasing in cotton production  
Joseph Smith   founder of the Mormon faith  
Stephen Austin   led the first settlers to Texas; made colony grow greatly  
James K. Polk   President in 1840s; expansionist; Manifest Destiny; Mexican War; Oregon territory divided  
reated peron quiz   b super honest!!!  
rj   10  
dylan   4  
paxton   9  
cody b   8  
david   6  
will   5  
john g   8  
tj wade ;)   9  
nate p   1000000000000000000000000000000001  
FUNN   MITCH  
OK? I GUESS   DAVID  
ATRACTIVE   TYLER M  
SMILES ALOT   ALEX D  
GREAT PERSON   CODY B  
WAY HOTT   RJ , NATE  
SMELLS ( wow)   PAXTON  
GOOD DRESSER   RJ  
GREAT HAIR   PAXTON  
WOULDN'T DATE BUT HOT!!   WILL  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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