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