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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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This act created potential for slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories . The only way was through popular sovereignty though.
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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.
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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.
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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.
