Key People- Unit 1: Reconstruction (Jordyn Morwin) by Jordyn Morwin

Abraham Lincoln

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Born Feb 12, 1809- Died April 15, 1865

born in Hodgenville, Kentucky

He promoted the passage of the 13th amendment

He was the tallest president 6 foot 4

Hiram Revels

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Born on September 27, 1822

Died January 6, 1901

Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Help with freedmen's bureau and established several schools and churches

He was president at alcorn college

Frederick Douglass

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He estimated that he was born in February 1818

died Feb 20,1895

Born in Talbot County, Maryland

Fought for the passage of the 15th amendment

He taught the other slaves how to read and write

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 December 29, 1808- Died July 31, 1875

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina

He vetoed a civil rights bill for blacks (14th amendment)

He was the only ex-president ever elected to the senate

Joseph H. Rainey

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Born June 21, 1832

Died August 1, 1887

Born in Georgetown, South Carolina

He presented 10 petitions for a civil rights bill

He was appointed as a special agent in the United states

Thaddeus Stevens

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Born April 4,1792

Died August 11, 1868

Born in Vermont

He helped formulate the 14th amendment to the constitution

On his tombstone it says "Illustrate in my death the principles which i advocated through a long life."

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 April 27 1822

Died July 23 1855

Born in Point pleasant, Ohio

sign the amnesty act

Grant and his men fought in the battle of Shiloh, it was the bloodiest war.

Robert Smalls

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Born April 5, 1839

Died Feb 23,1915

Born in Beaufort,South Carolina

He and other slaves took over one of the Souths ships that had weapons on it

He used his national reputation to gain political office during reconstruction

Samuel Tilden

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Born Feb 9, 1814

Died August 4, 1886

Born in New Lebanon, New York

He was the overthrow of the notorious tweed ring

He exposed the canal ring

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

born in Delaware,Ohio

signed a law to allow women lawyers

Had 8 kids and married Lucy Ware Webb

Susie King Taylor

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Born August 6, 1848

Died October 12, 1912

Born in wight, Georgia

She taught a Freedmens school

The first and only African American women to publish a memoir detailing her experiences during the civil war.

Sojourner Truth

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Born into slavery in 1797 (There is no specific date of when she was born)

Died November 26, 1883

Born in Rifton, New york

An active advocate for rights of newly freed slaves

Sojourner Truth was mostly blind and nearly deaf toward the end of her life.