Top+Ten+Most+Important+People+of+1820-1877

Abraham Lincoln Andrew Jackson-james Henry Clay Zachary Taylor James K. Polk Stonewall Jackson Robert E Lee-james John Wilkes Booth Clara Barton Dorothea Dix

__**Abraham Lincoln: phil**__ __**Henry Clay: Alex**__ __**James K. Polk: Luke**__
 * Abe Lincoln kept the country together with the cost of his life
 * He ended slavery in the south with the Emancipation Proclamation
 * Urged for compromise and moderate, didn't like harsh reconstruction
 * Abe Lincoln's main goal was to preserve the union and did whatever it took to do it.
 * He was in the Lincoln-Douglas debates and moved many people with his views. He was very close in the election and won national recognition.
 * Henry clay was a lawyer and a politician who represented kentucky in both the senate and the house of representatives
 * A leading war hawk who played a major role in leading the U.S to war with Britain
 * Known for the Corrupt Bargain after which he was appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams
 * Promoted the American system where he fought for higher tariffs, internal improvements, and a national bank
 * Strongly opposed the Mexican American war and the annexation of Texas because he thought it would stir up the issue of slavery in politics
 * Known as the great compromiser for his compromises on slavery issues as well as the nullification crisis
 * With the title of the great compromiser its no surprise he was a leading figure in creating the missouri compromise as well as the compromise of 1850
 * Supported and admired by Abe Lincoln in relation to his economic programs
 * As President Polk had High territorial aspirations for the U.S
 * He Created the Notion that war with mexico would bring not only Texas but also New Mexico and California into the union
 * Polk issued the orders for Zachary Taylor to march to the Rio Grande and blockade the river
 * A small fight erupted between mexico and U.S forces at the Rio Grande
 * Polk is known for using this small occurence to convince the house and senate to declare war by witholding key information about what happened at the Rio Grande

__**StoneWall Jackson: phil**__
 * He was a Confederate general that played an important role in how the South fought in the war.
 * Considered one of the most gifted generals of US history, and if he wasn't shot by his own troops in accidental friendly fire, might have won the war for the south.
 * Got his nickname when he brought reinforcements in a crucial moment in a battle and held his line like a stone wall.
 * He led his group of 17,000 men and defeated 60,000 northerners.
 * His strategy was harsh discipline and fast movement, his men were known as the "foot cavalry" because he made them march such long distances in such a short amount of time.
 * He was the most celebrated general in the beginning of the war (later Robert Lee became more famous) Jackson boosted the morale of all the troops he was with.



__**Robert E Lee James**__ __**John Wilkes Booth: alex**__ __**Dorothea Dix: luke**__
 * Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807, at "Stratford" in Westmoreland County, Virginia
 * Due to his gallantry and distinguished conduct in performing vital scouting missions, Lee was eventually promoted to Colonel during the Mexican War.
 * Politically, Robert E. Lee was a Whig. Ironically, he was attached strongly to the Union and to the Constitution. He entertained no special sympathy for slavery.
 * Lee resigned his commission rather than assist in suppressing the insurrection after Virginia withdrew from the union. His resignation was two days following the offer of Chief of Command of U.S. forces under Scott. He then proceeded to Richmond to become Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of Virginia
 * __Zachary Taylor: Cliff__**
 * he succeeded James K. Polk as president in 1849
 * general who led american troops in the MexicanAmerican War
 * supported the admission of California as a free-state
 * believed that the south could counter abolitionism by leaving the issue to popular sovereignty rather than congres
 * Taylor was the last President to hold slaves while in office
 * He was the second president to die in office
 * Taylor had a forty-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and the Second Seminole War
 * He assassinated the president of the US
 * This caused a huge uproar from the northerners and demanded harsh punishment and harsh reconstruction.
 * First he was part of a consiricy that wanted to kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for confederate troops
 * The plan failed and John decided to kill him instead.
 * He was an actor in the performance and was a really good actor with a promiseing career if he didn't kill honest abe
 * __Clara Barton: Cliff__**
 * one of the most honored women in American history for being a true pioneer as well as an outstanding person
 * Barton opened a free school in New Jersey
 * After the first battle of Bull Run she was the leading figure in distributing medical supplies to union soldiers
 * She is well known for creating and organizing the American Red Cross
 * Dorothea Dix was an american activist who promoted better care for the mentally insane
 * One of the many reformers of the second great awakening
 * Through lobbying congress and state legislatures she was able to create the first insane asylums in the U.S
 * Dix was the leading figure and played an instrumental role in expanding the treatment of the mentally ill
 * Dix was perhaps one of the first people to challenge the idea that the mentally ill could not be cured or helped

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