Key People- Unit 1: Reconstruction (Aurora Bonesteel) by Aurora Bonesteel

Abraham Lincoln

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-Born on February 12, 1809

-Died April 15, 1865

-Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky

-He was known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

-He was the 16th president

Hiram Revels

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-Born September 27, 1827

-Died January 16, 1901

-Born in Fayettevill, North Carolina

-He was known for being the first black American to sit in the US. senate

-He worked with the freed arms bureau for two years

Frederick Douglass

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-Born 1818

-Died February 20, 1895

-Born in Maryland, Talbot County

-He was known for being a writer, activist, and polotician

-In 1877, Douglass visited his old owner Thomas Auld and supposedly reconciled

Requirements

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For each key person, press the 'edit' button and add:

A picture of them (use the orange image search button)
Birth Year to Death Year
State and Hometown
1 thing they are most famous for doing during Reconstruction
1 additional interesting fact about them

Andrew Johnson

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-Born on December 29, 1808

-Died July 31, 1875

-Born in Raleigh, North Carolina

-He was known for setting the constitutional convention that ended slavery in Tennessee

-He was the first president to be impeached

Joseph H. Rainey

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-Born June 21, 1832

-Died August 1, 1887

-Born in Georgetown, South Carolina

-He was known for being the first black member on the house of representatives

-He presented 10 petitions for a civil rights bill

Thaddeus Stevens

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-Born April 4, 1792

-Died August 11, 1868

-Born in Danville, Vermont

-He was known for being a leading radical republican in the civil war era

-He previously had been a lawyer

How Do I Research?

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Use the Lisha Kill library databases to complete your research. Click the link here to access it.

The password for most databases is: books

Ulysses S. Grant

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-Born on April 27, 1822

-Died July 23, 1883

-Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio

-He was known for his skill on the battlefield

-He was the 18th president

Robert Smalls

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-Born April 5, 1839

-Died February 23, 1915

-Born in Beaufort, South Carolina

-He was a national hero, known for being a military leader, a state representative, and a congressman

-Harper's weekly published a celebrated article about his efforts

Samuel Tilden

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-Born February 9, 1814

-Died August 4, 1886

-Born in New Lebanon, New York

-He's known for winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 1878

-He was involved in the most controversial election in American history.

How Do I Submit in Google Classroom When I'm Done?

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Open the share settings by clicking the arrow on the right hand side.
Under "Collaborators", you'll see "Link Privacy". Click the drop down and select "Public".
Under "Links", click "Copy link to clipboard".
Paste the link into the assignment in Google Classroom and turn in.

Rutherford B. Hayes

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-Born October 4, 1822

-Died January 17, 1893

-He was known for civil-service reform

-The attended Harvard law school

-Born in Helmare, Ohio

Susie King Taylor

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-She was born August 6, 1848

-She died on October 12, 1912

-Born in the Isle of Wight, Georgia

-She was known for being the first African American nurse in the civil war

-She knew how to read

Sojourner Truth

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-Born in 1797

-Died November 26, 1883

-Born in Rifton, New York

-She was known for her famous speech "Ain't I a woman?"

-Her first language was Dutch