Some Key Civil War Figures

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Some Key Civil War Figures
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Background on Civil War

• 1861-1865 war between
• Northern states (Union)
• Southern states (South)

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Origins continued

• Longstanding social, political, and economic
  tensions
• E.g., different economic interests
• Pinnacle issue ? slavery

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Some Key Players

• Abraham Lincoln-Republican president during Civil
  War
• 1860 election immediate cause of war

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Milestones in Lincolns Career

• Role in Republican Party
• 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Homestead Acts
• Gettysburg address

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Abraham Lincoln

• Split into 5 groups to research terms
• Group 1 - Republican Party of 1850s
• Group 2 -1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debate
• Group 3 -Emancipation Proclamation
• Group 4 -Homestead Act
• Group 5 - Gettysburg Address

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Ulysses S. Grant

• Leader of Union army
• 18th president
• Key victories Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Overland
  campaign

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Ulysses S. Grant

• In the same groups
• Group 1-Battle of Vicksburg
• Group 2-Battle of Chattanooga
• Group 3-Overland Campaign
• Group 4-Radical Reconstruction
• Group 5-Panic of 1873

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Helpful website for more info
www.pbs.org/civilwar/