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 A) 5 Famous People - Civil War 1) John Adams From? Nashville, Tennessee (For the South) He spent two years as a recruitment officer for the confederates and decided to resign to join up the confederate army in Tennessee. John took over for one of the generals who died while in the battle of Vicksburg.

2) Albert Pike From? Boston, MA (For the South) He was able to negotiate treaties with the Indians to support the confederates. He became a Bridger General on August 15; 1861and was in charge of the tribes of Indians.

3) Quincy Adams Gilmore From? Lorain Country, Ohio (For the North) He spent time as a Engineer for the Unions before the war and when the war started he was already 1st lieutenant. He helped capture many forts and was awarded the Medal of Honor. He reached the rank Major General before dieing.

4) Ulysses S. Grant From? Point Plesant, Ohio (For the North) He was a young boy when he took up horse riding and learned a basic education but his father wanted to send him to a really school so he went to West Point. After graduating in 1854 he participated in the Mexican War saying that it was immoral. Later he became president and died in 1885.

5) Alfred Howe Terry From? Hartford Conneticut He was in five battles and obtained the rank Major General before dieing in New Haven, Conneticut, 1890.

B) 5 famous battles of the civil war

1) Where? New Orleans Date? April 18,1862 - April 24 Who won? Union Generals? Union - No General Confeterite - Major General Mansfield Lovell

2) Where? Petersburg, Virginia Date? June 15-18, 1864 Who won? No one Generals? Union- Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade Confederate- General Robert E. Lee and General P.G.T. Beauregard

3) Where? North West Arkansas  Date? Mar 7, 1862 — Mar 8, 1862 Who won? Union Generals? Union - Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis Confederate - Major General Earl Van Dorn

4) Where? Battle of Gettysburg Date? July 1-3, 1863 Who won? Union Generals? Union - General Buford, General Reynolds, General Doubleday, General Hancock, and General Meade Confederates- General Robert E. Lee, General Longstreet, General Hill, General Ewell, General Heth, General Pickett, General Stuart

5) Where? Battle of Roanoke Island Date? February 7–8, 1862 Who won? Union Generals? Union - Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside Confederate- Brig. Gen. Henry Wise C) 5 facts about slavery

1) Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Passed on September 18, 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made any Federal marshal or other official who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave liable to a fine of $1,000. Law-enforcement officials everywhere now had a duty to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave.

2)The Compromise of 1850 1850 The Compromise of 1850 added some new laws. Buying and selling slaves in Washington, D.C. was outlawed. The people living in Washington, D.C. could still own slaves, but could not buy or sell new ones. In the South the land received from Mexico was broken up into two states, New Mexico and Utah. In these states the settlers could decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not. The South got a new law called the Fugitive Slave Law which said that any slaves escaping from the south to freedom in the north should be returned to their masters. Bounty hunters received a bounty for each slave they returned. Some free black people were captured by bounty hunters and sold as slaves. Any person who did not help a bounty hunter could be punished under the law. 3)Emancipation Proclamation January 1st, 1863 The slaves were technically free in all the free states but this proclamation wouldn't be followed until the Union defeated the Confederates

Sources : Historycentral.com http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/compromise_of_1850.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_slavery_laws_were_in_the_1800s