Project description
Use at least two of the three people llisted below.
President: Abraham Lincoln
Artist: George Caleb Bingham
Business man: Levi Strauss

should be based on at least five sources, including a scholarly journal article and three primary sources, and provide the following information about each person: ?

An explanation for why you chose these individuals, what made them important historical figures. ? Biographical information (childhood, education, occupation). ?

Information about the era in which they lived – what were the major events or problems of the country during that period that affected your subject? ? The historical

legacy of each person – what did they accomplish, did they change the world, whom did they influence? ? A conclusion about what was important about the people and the

era they lived in.
A five- paper (1,500 words minimum) on three important figures from an era in U.S. history between European settlement and Reconstruction.