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Published on Dec 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DRED SCOTT

  • He wanted to become a citizen
  • He sewed the Supreme Court for freedom
  • He made a point that blacks can be citizens
  • His case was a huge part of what caused the civil war

DRED SCOTT

THE DECISION

DRED SCOTT

IN THE SUPREME COURT

HARRIET TUBMAN

  • She was the first woman to lead an armed excursion in the war
  • She freed more than 300 slaves in more than 19 missions
  • She was the conductor of the Underground Railroad
  • She risked her life to save slaves

HARRIET TUBMAN

THE JOURNEY TO FREEDOM

HARRIET TUBMAN

LEADING THE SLAVES TO FREEDOM

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

  • He wanted to be a free man
  • He escaped and told Abraham Lincoln about slavery
  • He would speak for the slaves
  • He was the first black to speak to Abraham Lincoln

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

ON HIS JOURNEY

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN

NAT TURNER

  • He hated being a slave
  • He killed about 60 whites
  • One of the United States most famous slave rebellions
  • The state of virginia abolished slavery because of him

NAT TURNER

BEING EXECUTED

NAT TURNER

CONVINCING PEOPLE TO JOIN HIM

JEFFERSON DAVIS

  • He was president of the confederacy
  • He tried to secede from the US including the South
  • He was a major cause of the civil war
  • He served as a U.S. senator in Mississippi

JEFFERSON DAVIS

PLANNING ON SECEDING

JEFFERSON DAVIS

THE ARGUMENT

ROBERT E. LEE

  • He was asked to take charge of the entire union but he turned it down
  • He captured Vicksburg
  • He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the battle of Gettysburg
  • He took the place of general of the confederate

ROBERT E. LEE

GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATE

ROBERT E. LEE

SURRENDERED

ULYSSES S. GRANT

  • Hero of the civil war
  • He made Robert E. Lee surrender twice
  • His primary goal was to destroy Robert E. Lee's army
  • He finished up the Civil war

ULYSSES S. GRANT

MAKING GENERAL LEE SURRENDER

ULYSSES S. GRANT

GENERAL OF THE UNION

STONEWALL JACKSON

  • He was one of the most successful generals in the American civil war
  • He was a war hero
  • He was a decisive factor in many significant battles
  • He first met Robert E. Lee in a Mexican war

STONEWALL JACKSON

AFTER THE GUNSHOT

STONEWALL JACKSON

HIM SUCCEEDING IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

GEORGE PICKETT

  • Hero of the Mexican-American war
  • Known for participation in battle of Gettysburg
  • His defeat triggered the confederate to retreat
  • Pickett's division was a turning point in the war

GEORGE PICKETT

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

GEORGE PICKETT

RETREATING

ROBERT GOULD SHAW

  • Remembered for the leadership of the African-American troops
  • 54th Massachusetts was one of the black armies in the union
  • He was the colonel of the 54th Massachusetts

ROBERT GOULD SHAW

FORT WAGNER

ROBERT GOULD SHAW

MASSACHUSETTS 54TH

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

  • He ended slavery in America
  • He was a republican who put reconciliation in the south as his main goal
  • He wanted to preserve the union
  • He is remembered for his leadership

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

16TH PRESIDENT OF THE USA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

GIVING A SPEECH

CLARA BARTON

  • She organized the American Red Cross
  • She organized relief for the wounded independently
  • She was one of the first volunteers for a nurse

CLARA BARTON

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

CLARA BARTON

SAVING A SOLDIER

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

  • He was against slavery
  • Negotiator of peace
  • Amisdad case

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

AGAINST SLAVERY

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

AMISTAD CASE

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

  • He assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  • He kidnapped Abraham Lincoln after general Lee surrendered

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

MURDERED ABRAHAM LINCOLN

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ELI WHITNEY

  • He invented the cotton gid
  • He made a fortune on the firearm

ELI WHITNEY

HE MADE THE FIREARM

ELI WHITNEY

HE INVENTED THE COTTON GID