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invention of the cotton gin
a machine that changed the production of cotton.by making the process of removing seeds from cotton faster. Eli Whitney invented it.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiT2_iirPbWAhWJMyYKHRjOBSUQFggwMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Ftopics%2Finventions%2Fcotton-gin-and-eli-whitney&usg=AOvVaw2-cxor_5F7YJ2FZPsSxAPR -
the liberator is published
William Lloyd garrison started the liberator, it was a news paper. the liberator was a way for him to promote ending slavery. this took place in Boston. http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp -
Missouri compromise
the Missouri compromise consisted of free states. to add on they had no slavery. Illinois senator Jesse b Thomas suggested it. -
tariff of 1828 & nullification crisis
they attempted to resolve problems. these problems were made by the 1828 tariff. nullification crisis erupted the south. -
wilmot proviso
wilmot proviso started a law to ban slavery. to add on he banned Mexicans from having slaves. all of this started the Mexican american war. -
compromise of 1850
senator Henry clay wanted a compromise to solve crisis. the compromise established California of a free state. this made the slave law stronger.
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lincon douglas debates
a series of 7 debates between abraham lincon and a republican candidate, and stephen douglas a Democrat. the purpose of the debates were to discuss expansion. however licion lost. -
uncle toms cabin is published
this is a book wrote by an american author. the book is a groundwork of the civil war.he illustrates slavery and the impact that it effected families. https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/impact.shtml -
kansas nebraska act
allowed people in kansas and nabraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not within their territory. this was to go against the missouri compromise of 1820. the result of this led to the bleeding of kansas. -
brookes sumner event
representatives preston brooks attacked and beat senator chanes sumner with cane. he did this because of sumners speech titsuaged suled the crime against kansas. brooks asmners on the senates floor. -
dred scott decision
a united states supreme court decisions involving us labors and constitutional laws. dred scott an enslaved man sued for his freedom. after the civil war freed slaves got equal citizenship rights. -
john brown raid on harpers ferry
john brown an abolitionist imitated an armed slaves revolt. he revoked by taking a u.s arsenal at harpers ferry. virgina however the group was beat by u.s marines. -
The Election Of 1860
This was the election that Abraham Lincoln Won. This was also the Nineteenth election of the United States. The electoral votes: Lincoln-180
Breckenridge-72
Douglas-12
Bell-39
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bleeding kansas
confrontations in the u.s between anti slavery and pro slavery. the result of this was free state victory. this event also led up to the civil war. -
fort Sumter is fired upon
Confederates shot at the harbor on fort sumter. Major Robert Anderson surrendered. They evacuated the next day. https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-sumter -
Secession Of Southern States
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the confederacy. The union rejected their secession. They seceded because they thought that President Lincoln was going to end all slavery.
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Nat turners rebellion
after African slaves had been over worked to the maximum. slaves stood up and started to rebel against there owners.this began in the south. -
underground railroads
secret passage ways and roads. that led slaves to freedom. Privileged whites also helped them escape. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
