S.S. Prep work ppl Word Scramble
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| Person | 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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