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Ms. JAM Final Exam 9
People
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History
9th Grade
05/31/2012

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Harriett Beecher Stowe
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author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Frederick Douglass
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significant African American abolitionist, escaped slave, North Star newspaper, public speaker
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Harriett Tubman
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conductor of Underground Railroad and spy for North during Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln
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President of U.S. (Union) during C.W.
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John Brown
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abolitionist, raided Harper's Ferry, tried to get slaves to revolt, murdered slavery supporters in Kansas
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Jefferson Davis
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President of C.S.A. (Confederacy) during C.W.
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Robert E. Lee
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commander of Confederate army
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U.S. Grant
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victorious last commander of Union army
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Andrew Johnson
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President of U.S. after Lincoln's assassination - impeached
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John Wilkes Booth
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responsible for assassination of Lincoln - actor at playhouse
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Ku Klux Klan
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white terror organization that murdered and threatened African Americans
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Chief Joseph
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leader of Nez Perce, known for peace until had to battle army
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George A. Custer
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leader of 7th cavalry - died at Little Bighorn
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Sitting Bull
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leader of the Sioux, led at Little Bighorn - later killed on reservation by U.S.
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John D. Rockefeller
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philanthropist, made $$ on oil, started museums, schools, etc.
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Andrew Carnegie
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philanthropist, made $$ on steel, started schools, libraries, etc.
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J.P. Morgan
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made his money buying up all smaller businesses, first billion-dollar company, "morganization"
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Emma Goldman
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protested Haymarket Riot & monopolies
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