Key People- Unit 1: Reconstruction (Jadien Thomas) by Jadien Thomas

Abraham Lincoln

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1805-1865

Hardin County Kentucky, on February 12, 1809. At the time his family lived in a log cabin in a rural area of the county. When Lincoln was seven years old, the family moved to Indiana. Lincoln worked odd jobs to help support his family. Lincoln led the Union during the Civil War, and is famously remembered for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and giving a speech called the Gettysburg

Andrew Johnson

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1808-1875 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Andrew Johnson opened a tailor shop in 1826 and thought himself how to read. Andrew Johnson became president because Lincoin died and he became famous because of his policy.

Ulysses S. Grant

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April 27, 1822-1885 Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant was famous for his skills on the battlefield. Grant publication of his memoir at the end of his life helped him pay off some of his debts.

Rutherford B. Hayes

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1822-1893 Delaware , Ohio. Hayes is most known for defining events of his presidency the Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Hiram Revels

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1827-1901 Fayetteville north. Hiram was most famous for being the First African American senator. An interesting fact about hiram is. he was a African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

Joseph H. Rainey

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Robert Smalls

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Frederick Douglass

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Thaddeus Stevens

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Samuel Tilden

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Susie King Taylor

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Sojourner Truth

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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

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 all databases is: books

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.