Hardin County, Kentucky

He was the 16th president during the Civil War and oversaw the abolition of slavery.

His family lived in a log cabin

Raleigh, North Carolina

issued an "Amnesty Proclamation" and a plan for North Carolina's Reconstruction.

He has 5 children

Point Pleasant, Ohio.

Ulysses S. Grant was a two-term president of the United States and general during the American Civil War.

He was the oldest of six children in his family

Delaware, Ohio

Hayes addressed the issues of his time such as the end of Reconstruction, civil service reform, etc.

He built his family the first brick house in Delaware

Fayetteville, N.C

Was the first black American to sit in the U.S. Senate.

He served as a church pastor and principal of a school for Blacks.

Georgetown, South Carolina

Elected as the first black member of the House of Representatives

Rainey's father purchased his family's freedom and moved them to Charleston in 1846.

Beaufort, South Carolina

was a slave who became a naval hero for the Union in the American Civil War. He went on to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Congress during the Reconstruction period.

He taught himself to read and write

Talbot County, Maryland

He became one of the foremost Black abolitionists and civil rights leaders in the United States.

He was born into Slavery

Danville, Vermont

An influential legislator during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction period

He studied law in his spare time

New Lebanon, New York

a governor of New York and Democratic presidential candidate, typified genteel reform in the "gilded age."

His father is a merchant and local politician

Isle of Wight, Georgia

She aided the Union Army. She later helped freedmen and Civil War veterans.

She was born into slavery

Ulster County, New York

was an African American equal rights activist and devout Christian who preached against slavery and for women’s suffrage.

Was born into slavery but escaped before slavery was outlawed

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2. Birth Year to Death Year

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4. 1 thing they are most famous for doing during Reconstruction

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