dred scott decision

•Slave from Missouri traveled with his owner to Illinois & Minnesota both free states.•His master died and Scott wanted to move back to Missouri---Missouri still recognized him as a slave.•He sued his master’s widow for his freedom since he had lived in a free state for a period of time.•Court case went to the Supreme Court for a decision-----National issue

•Violent abolitionist• Involved in the Bleeding

Kansas•Murdered 5 pro-slavery

men in Kansas•Wanted to lead a slave revolt throughout the South by raising an army of freed slaves and destroying the South.

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Abraham Lincoln

Some people say I built the log cabin I was born in. I married a crazy lady and had a pansy boy named Tad.

Union Leaders (SSUSH9c)Ulysses S. Grant

He was a graduate of WestPoint. Grant had no intention of making the military as his career. Instead, he wanted to be a professor of mathematics.

Union Leaders (SSUSH9c) Ulysses S. Grant

Grant was 5’8 and only weighed 135 pounds. He did not like red meat of any kind, and the sight of blood made him feel sick. For his meals, he wanted his meat to be cooked so much that it was almost burned. He would not eat any kind of bird, but he did like pork and beans, fruit, and pancakes.

William Tecumseh Sherman

• Grant gave overall command to Sherman of all of the Western Forces, amounting to over 100,000 men.

Confederate LeadersRobert E. Lee

He was a WestPoint graduate and the first choice that President

Lincoln wanted as the Commander of

the Union forces.

Confederate LeadersRobert E. Lee

Perhaps the most brilliant military

tactician in the war and his leadership of

the Confederate Army.

Stonewall Jackson

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was a brilliant

field commander under Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy

Stonewall Jackson

He had taught military strategy

at the Virginia Military Institute prior to the Civil

War.

Stonewall Jackson

While out on patrol inspecting the front

lines at Chancelorsville,

Jackson was returning to his campsite. His

troops mistook him for the enemy and shot

him.

Jefferson Davis• Jefferson Davis was a graduate of West Point• served in the army before becoming a

planter. • He served as a Senator from Mississippi

before resigning – when Mississippi seceded from the Union.

Jefferson Davis• He was elected

President of the Confederacy.

• initially successful in mobilizing the Confederacy for war

• he was unable to maintain the balance of

• military necessity and political will to keep the Confederacy from collapsing