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The Civil War

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Henry Clay Came up the Missouri Compromise that tried to keep the Union together and equal
Andrew Jackson Was a President of the USA and believed in tariffs
John C. Calhoun Senator from South Carolina was a strong supporter of states' right
Dred Scott An African American who had escaped slavery, but the Supreme Court ruled that he did not have the rights of a white man
Nat Turner An African American who in 1831, led a revolt in which about 100 people and he was killed
Samuel Cornish With John Russwurm, FREEDOM'S JOURNAL started a journal, the first newspaper owned and publish by African Americans
John Russwurm Worked with Samuel Cornish to found FREEDOM'S JOURNAL.
William Garrison A white northern who founded the American
Frederick Douglas An escaped slave who became a famous author and speaker
Sojourner Truth Along with Lucretia Mott worked for woman's rights. They organized a convention at Seneca Falls, New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Female who fpught for women's rights
Lucretia Mott Organized a woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York
Harriet Beecher Stowe Worked with Lucretia Mott to gain equal rights for women
Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote the book UNCLE TOM'S CABIN that showed what the life of a slave could be like
Harriet Tubman An escaped slave herself she was a conductor on the Underground and helped many people tp escape
Abraham Lincoln In the Election of 1860, he became the first Republican President of America
Stephen Douglas Took part in a series of debates before the beginning of the Civil War
John Brown In 1859, led a group of men in a battle at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (Virginia, at the time) to get guns and weapons to start the war to free the slaves
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee Confederate General who lead the Southern Army
Dorothea Dix Woman who worked as a nurse in the ?Union army
Clara Barton A Union woman who worked as a nurse and was nicknamed "Angel of the Battlefield" for her kindness to the soldiers
Sally Tompkins Ran a hospital in Richmond for the Southern soldiers
Betty Boyd A Confederate spy for the South
Robert Gould Shaw Led the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment
Ulysses S. Grant Union General who finally was an effective leader
George G. Mead Union General who lost the Battle of Bull Nun to General Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman Union General who marched hid troops from Chattanooga, Tenn. to Atlanta, Georgia
John Wilkes Booth Murdered President Lincoln
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