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Civil War - Reconstruction. People Chart. Dred Scott. Slave who was moved from a slave state to a free state and sued for his freedom under the Missouri Compromise. Lost the case because the court ruled that slaves are “property’ and not citizens. Harriet Beecher Stowe. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Civil War - Reconstruction

People Chart

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Dred Scott

• Slave who was moved from a slave state to a free state and sued for his freedom under the Missouri Compromise.

• Lost the case because the court ruled that slaves are “property’ and not citizens

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Homemaker from Connecticut who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a story about slave life and pro-abolition.

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John Brown

• Extreme Abolitionist• Vision by God to end

slavery by force through Bleeding Kansas.

• Led raid on Harper’s Ferry (Federal Arsenal) in order to arm a slave army

• Became a martyr and terrorist.

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Roger B. Taney

• Chief Justice who ruled against Scott in Dred Scott case.

• Slaves to be viewed as property.

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Abraham Lincoln• Whig turned Republican• Came onto the stage

during Douglas debates.• 16th President of USA• Emancipation Proclamation• Gettysburg Address• 1st President to be

assignated• 10% Plan for

Reconstruction

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Stephen A. Douglas

• Illinois Senator• Defeats Lincoln in

Senate race.• Kansas-Nebraska Act• Northern Democrat

nominee for President in 1860.

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Jefferson Davis

• Senator from Mississippi

• Got Congress to restrict Congressional control of slavery (leaving to states)

• Becomes the President of the Confederate States of America

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John C. Brekinridge

• Southern Democrat nominee for President in 1860.

• Pushed for expansion of slavery into the western territories.

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Robert E. Lee• Mexican War Veteran• Put down the raid on Harper’s

Ferry• Turned down USA Generalship

to stay with VA• Great leader, very

knowledgeable• CSA Lead Commander• Many victories in war, especially

early.• Lost at Gettysburg, was on

defense for rest of war.• Surrendered to Grant at

Appomattox

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Professor at VMI• Devout Christian• Brilliant military

strategist• Wins at Bull Run• Accidently shot at

Chancellorsville, huge loss for the CSA

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George B. McClellan

• 2nd USA General in lead command

• Fired by Lincoln for wasting time and not being aggressive

• Runs for President in 1864 and looses to Lincoln

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Ulysses S. Grant• USA General• Draw at Shiloh• Victories in west (Ft.

Donelson, McHenry, and Vicksburg)

• Promoted to Lead Commander of all USA forces in 1864

• Lee surrenders to him at Appomattox

• Becomes President in 1868

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Clara Barton

• Field nurse during the Civil War

• Founder of the Red Cross

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George Pickett

• CSA General under Lee• Infamous charge at

Gettysburg (Pickett’s Charge) where his entire division is wiped out while crossing 300 yds. of open field at Gettysburg.

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William T. Sherman

• USA General• Grant’s best friend• “March to the Sea”

campaign where we enacted “total war” on Georgia

• Burned Atlanta• Captured Savannah

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John Wilkes Booth

• CSA sympathizer• Actor• Plot to kidnap the

President• Assonated President

Lincoln

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Matthew Brady

• Famous Civil War photographer.

• 1st war to be photographed

• Captured the carnage of battle