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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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
• Homemaker from Connecticut who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a story about slave life and pro-abolition.
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.
Roger B. Taney
• Chief Justice who ruled against Scott in Dred Scott case.
• Slaves to be viewed as property.
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
Stephen A. Douglas
• Illinois Senator• Defeats Lincoln in
Senate race.• Kansas-Nebraska Act• Northern Democrat
nominee for President in 1860.
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
John C. Brekinridge
• Southern Democrat nominee for President in 1860.
• Pushed for expansion of slavery into the western territories.
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
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
• Professor at VMI• Devout Christian• Brilliant military
strategist• Wins at Bull Run• Accidently shot at
Chancellorsville, huge loss for the CSA
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
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
Clara Barton
• Field nurse during the Civil War
• Founder of the Red Cross
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.
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
John Wilkes Booth
• CSA sympathizer• Actor• Plot to kidnap the
President• Assonated President
Lincoln
Matthew Brady
• Famous Civil War photographer.
• 1st war to be photographed
• Captured the carnage of battle