Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

Grant is known for his skill on the battlefield.

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and served from 1869 to 1877.

As president, Hayes implemented modest civil-service reforms that laid the groundwork for further reform in the 1880s and 1890s.

Hayes's presidency signaled the end of a key and controversial era in American history--Reconstruction.

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

Revels became the first African American member of Congress

The son of a barber who bought the family’s freedom.

He was a formerly enslaved American who was the first Black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 1863, Smalls was piloting the ironclad Keokuk in the battle the ship took many hits and was eventually sunk. Smalls’s bravery was rewarded later that year with command of the Planter, now a Union ship. He was the first African American captain of a U.S. military ship.

When he was about 12 years old, his master took him to Charleston, South Carolina. There he worked as a hotel waiter, driver, and rigger.

His reading of a book of speeches denouncing slavery and oppression deepened his hatred of slavery.

On September 3, 1838, Frederick escaped from slavery.

On his tombstone is revealed his wish to “illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life—Equality of Man before his Creator.”

Thaddeus Stevens fought to end slavery and to win citizenship for the former slaves.

Tilden’s law practice and investments had brought him great wealth, and he left the bulk of his estate in trust for the establishment of a free public library for New York City.

Tilden became the Democratic presidential candidate in the disputed election of 1876.

Susie King Taylor was the first Black educator to teach openly in a school for formerly enslaved students, and the only Black woman to publish a memoir of her Civil War experiences.

Susie King Taylor was the first Black educator to teach openly in a school for formerly enslaved students.

was sold a few more times during her childhood. Between 1810 and 1827 Sojourner had five children, at least some of them to an enslaved man named Thomas.

Her legal name was Isabella Baumfree.

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2. Birth Year to Death Year

3. State and Hometown

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

5. 1 additional interesting fact about them

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