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1790's-1850's
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Election of 1792
George Washington re-elected President -
Cottton Gin Invinted
The cotton Gin was invinted by Eli Whitney. His machine multiplied the amount of cotton cleaned in a day from one to fifty pounds! -
Election of 1796
John Adams elected President -
Gabriel Prosser "revolt"
Prosser was planning a slave revolt on Aug 30 1800 but was postponed by rain. Later two slaves turned him in before he could start the revolt. He escaped but was later turned in by another slave. He, his two brothers and 23 other slaves were hanged. -
Election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson elected President -
Election of 1804
Thomas Jefferson Re-elected President -
Ban on International Slave Trade
Congress prohibits U.S. participation in international slave trade. -
Election of 1808
James Madison elected president -
Election of 1812
James Madison re-elected -
Alabama Fever
People were migrating to western Georgia Alabama and Mississippi because of all the fertile land known as the black belt. This caused the population of this area to more than double. -
Election of 1816
James Monroe elected President -
Missouri crisis
The Missouri crisis arose over the issue of slavery namely the issue of abolishing slavery as settlers moved west. -
Native American migration.
The cost of this migration was that in order for the farmers to gain this land they needed to move the native Americans else where. It started with the creeks after there defeat at horseshoe bend in 1814 and ended with the trail of tears in 1838 -
Election of 1820
James Monroe re-elected -
Denmark Vesey conspiricy.
Vesey planned to gather mass amounts of slaves and have them kill their "masters" and then escape to Haiti were they would be free. But two slaves opposed to his idea leaked this news and 35 slaves were hanged including Vesey. -
Election of 1824
Jon Quincy Adams elected President -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson elected President -
Nat Turner Revolt.
Nat Turner was a slave in Virginia who led a revolt that resulted with the death of 60 white Americans and 100 African American slaves. This was the largest number of deaths in a single uprising prior to the American Civil war in the south. -
Nulification crisis.
A states' rights party in South Carolina atempted to nullify a federal law. -
"Flush Times"
A second wave of westward expansion. -
Election of 1832
Andrew Jackson re-elected -
congress passes "gag rule'
This prevents congress from talking about antislavery petitions. -
James Henry Hammond.
James tried to convince congress that slavery was not evil. -
Election of 1836
Martin Van Buren elected President -
Election of 1840
William H. Harrison elected President -
Election of 1844
James K. Polf elected President -
Election of 1848
Zachary Taylor elected President -
Slavery in 1850
Slave owners from the upper south began selling their slaves to slave owners in the lower south because of the ban on the international slave trade. -
Election of 1852
Franklin Pierce elected President -
Election of 1856
James Buchanan elected President -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln elected President
