Antebellum Time Line

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny
    This had an impact on the south. An inventor named James Hargreaves invented what was known as the Spinning Jenny. This device reduced the amount of work to produce yarn.
  • The Cottton Gin

    The Cottton Gin
    The Cotton Gin had a impact on the south becuse this piece of machinery that Eli Whitney invented made separating seeds from cotton easy and there was more cotton growing along the coast.
  • Abolitionist- Fredrick Douglass

    Abolitionist- Fredrick Douglass
    He became the leading voice in the abolitionist movement.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise took palce at Louisiana territory and the stae of Missouri. This made an impact on both sides the north and the south but mostly the north.
  • Abolitionist- Harriet tubman

    Abolitionist- Harriet tubman
    She was known as the Moses of her people and was the conductor of the underground railroad.
  • Lowell Mill Girls

    Lowell Mill Girls
    Francis Cabot Lowell was an American businessman.Lowell Mill girls took place in the north.They made an impact on the north.
    They called themselves Factory Girls and they worked for the textile corporations during the Industrial Revolution.
  • Irish Immigration

    Irish Immigration
    37,000 was the amount if Irish people that arrived Boston,NewYork.They weren't treated well. They were pointed and laughed at because they were wearing clothes that were 20 years out of fashion.
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention
    This was the first women's rights convention. It wa first planted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the anti slavery convention but the conference refused to seat Mott and other women because of their gender.
  • Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
    This took place across the Atlantic Ocean. This had an impact on the south because of the slaves they would trade for goods. This also took place through the 16th and 19th centuries.
  • The Middle Passage

    The Middle Passage
    This also too place with the atlantic slave trade. The middle passage was the stage of a triangular trade.
  • The Cult of Domesticity

    The Cult of Domesticity
    This took place in the 19th century. It was also called the coult of true womanhood. This emphasized new ideas of femininity. And men believed that a woman's role is to stay at home and are the center of the family.