Key People- Unit 1: Reconstruction (Skylar Tran) by Skylar Tran

Abraham Lincoln

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Born: February 12, 1809 in hodgenville Kentucky U.S. Died: April 15, 1856 in Washington district of Columbia U.S. As a president, he was also a lawyer and was eleticed to the house of representatives. lastly he was the tallest American president.

Hiram Revels

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Born: September 27, 1822 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Died: January 16, 1901 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, United States. For 2 years he worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and established several schools and churches for African Americans near Jackson and Vicksburg.

African American clergyman and university administrator, was the first black American to sit in the U.S. Senate.

Frederick Douglass

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born: February 1818, talnot county, maryland, U.S. died: febuary 20 1895, washington D.C. After escaping slavery, he became a respected writer and speaker, publishing three autobiographies detailing his life experiences. The most photographed American man of the 19th century.

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: March 15, 1767 in wax haw South Carolina U.S. Dead June 08, 1845 in nashville tenesse U.S. he was a military leader who was elected as the 7th president. Jackson was known for his violent temper.

Joseph H. Rainey

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Born: June 21, 1832, Georgetown, SC. Died:august 1, 1887, Georgetown, SC. He was the first african American in the house of representatives. The son of a barber who bought the family’s freedom.

Thaddeus Stevens

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Born : April 4, 1792, danvillie Vermont, U.S. died: august 11, 1868, Washington D.C. he was a U.S. radical republican congress leader during reconstruction. he moved to Pennsylvania to practice law in 1816.

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 in point pleasant, Ohio, United states. Died: July 23, 1885 in Wilton, New York, United states. he was a 2-term president of the U.S. from 1869-1877. Grant and his men fought the battle of shiloh, which was on of the bloodiest pf the war.

Robert Smalls

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Born: April 5, 1839, Beaufort south Carolina,U.S. died: February 23, 1915, Beaufort. became the firstblack captain of vessel in U.S. service. Smalls’s mother was enslaved, and his father was an unknown white man.

Samuel Tilden

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Born Feb. 9, 1814, New Lebanon, N.Y., U.S. Died Aug. 4, 1886, Greystone, N.Y.) was a lawyer, governor of new york and Democratic presidential candidate in thedisputed election of 1876. Tilden attended Yale college and the university of the city of New York for brief periods and studied law.

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 04, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Died: January 17, 1893 in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

Hayes supported Radical Republican Reconstruction measures. When he was born his parent thought he wouldn't survive because he was so weak.

Susie King Taylor

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born: august 6, 1848, liberty county GA. died: October 6, 1912, Boston MA. know for being the first black nurse during the American civil war. in April 1862, Susie was able to escape slavery with her uncle and other African americans.

Sojourner Truth

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Born: 1797, ulster county NY, U.S. died: November 26, 1883, battle creek, michigan. she was an African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. her first language was dutch.