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Invention of Cotton Gin
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin while working in Georgia. This machine greatly reduced the amount of time it took to separate the cotton seeds from the costly fiber -
Missouri Compromise, 1820
In 1820, the Missouri compromise stated that the northern district of Massachusetts would enter the union as the free state of Maine to balance admission of Missouri as a slave state. The compromise solved the short-term crisis. -
Free soil party of 1848
The free soil party was a new political party that pledged to a national platform of freedom they vowed to keep the west free as the U.S was expanding. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise did many things.One of those things was enforce the fugitive slave act tighter than it already was.This was a good example of why the two sides could compromise. -
Fugitive slave act
This act was made to make it a crime for anyone who helped a slave become free. Also, it was required to capture and return runaway slaves if they were found rebelling and fleeing. -
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Bleeding Kansas
When the newly opened territory Kansas opened then settlers came in from the north And the south to settle .The two sides were desperate to outnumber the other which eventually led to bloodshed and deadly consequences. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act created potential for slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories . The only way was through popular sovereignty though. -
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Dred Scott vs Stanford
This case impacted all of America and split them into basically two countries .In this case Dred Scott sued for his freedom and won which obviously outraged the south. -
The election of 1860
The two nominees were Abraham and John C Breckinridge. Abraham was from the North and John was from the South. The split the country into 2 independent territories. These were the U.S and Confederate states. -
The Beginning of the Civil War
The Beginning of the Civil War started when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. In the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort.
