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Title: Some Key Civil War Figures


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Some Key Civil War Figures
Virginia SOL VUS.7
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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/
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