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CRHistory
Chapter 5 People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Senator from Illinois, debated Lincoln, supported popular sovereignty to solve slavery issue |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President, issued Emancipation Proclamation, gave Gettysburg Address, shot by James Wilkes Booth |
| John Wilkes Booth | shot President Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln's death, 1st president to be impeached, was not removed from office, did not get along with radical Republicans in Congress |
| John Brown | raided Harper's Ferry to try to start a slave revolt against the south, further divided the country |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate Sates of America |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General, 18th U.S. President |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general |
| Clara Barton | Founder of American Red Cross |