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CRHistory
Chapter 5 People
Term | Definition |
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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 |