1790-1890 By SamTheHistoryMan Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Dec 31, 1860 Industrial Revolution Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Jun 15, 1825 2nd Great Awakening Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Dec 31, 1860 King Cotton Increase in slavery due to cotton gin making exponential $$$ Jan 1, 1794 Eli Whitney Events Cotton Gin Period: Jan 1, 1803 to Dec 31, 1860 Manifest Destiny Jan 1, 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: Nov 9, 1828 to Dec 31, 1836 Andrew Jackson's Presidency Jan 1, 1832 Indian Removal Act Jan 1, 1845 Douglass 1st Autobiography Period: Jan 1, 1846 to Dec 31, 1848 Mexican-American War Jan 1, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Jan 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford Jan 1, 1859 Harper Ferry Raid Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Dec 31, 1865 The Civil War