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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Dred Scott | American slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the missouri Compromise |
| Harriet tubman | United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States |
| John Brown | An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory, Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Senator from Illinois who ran for president against Abraham Lincoln. Wrote the Kansas-Nebreaska Act and the Freeport Doctrine |
| Edwin Stanton | served as the secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. He refused to leave after Johnson fired him, thus starting the impeachment process. |
| David Farragut | Union naval admiral whose fleet captured New Orleans and Baton Rouge |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force |
| Robert Anderson | Union Major who refused to surrender Fort Sumter to the Southerners; After 34 hours of fighting he formally surrenders |
| Jefferson Davis | an American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 |
| Fredrick Douglass | American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published the autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star. |
| J.E.B Stuart | Confederate soldier known for his BOLD raids of seeking out information about enemy positions. Fought at the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas, Fredericksburg, and commanded the army at Chancellorsville |
| Clara Barton | Nurse during the Civil War; started the American Red Cross |
| George C. Meade | Lee's second northern campaign came in the summer of 1863 in Pennsylvania. This general defeated him in a decisive battle in July of that year. |
| William T. Sherman | an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States |
| Samuel J. Tilden | Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 - August 4, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the US presidency in the disputed election of 1876, the most controversial American election of the 19th century. |
| Thaddeus Stevens | Man behind the 14th Amendment, which ends slavery. Stevens and President Johnson were absolutely opposed to each other. Known as a Radical Republican |
| Andrew Johnson | A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president. |
| Booker T. Washington | African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality. |
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