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American industrial revolution
This was a time in American history where factories were being built, and slavery was being used heavily. This created new manufacturing processes and higher agricultural productivity. The south was becoming more and more dependent on slavery and the north was becoming more dependent on factories -
Second great awakening
This was a Protestant religious revival where many people gathered. Many speeches were shared and it caused many reform movements
many things were discussed in this gathering, such as women's rights and abolition. But this created sectional differences because the south didn't like the idea of abolition -
Creation of the cotton gin
This was a machine that separates seeds from the cotton which allowed faster manufacturing of cotton. The production of cotton by one person went from 10 lbs a day to 1000 lbs a day. this influenced the north and the south because the number of slaves due to the cotton gin. There was more cotton being produced which meant there were more people being sold into slavery and this led to more jobs being created in the north -
Louisiana purchase
This was the acquisition of Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars. The north had many abolitionists and the south favored the idea of slavery. This increased sectional differences because each side wanted their ideas to be put into place in the west -
Missouri compromise
the Missouri compromise allowed Missouri to join the union as a slave sates and Maine as a free state. Slavery was not allowed in states south of missouri. The government talked about sectional differences between the states because they didn't want one side to become too powerful. The states were then allowed to decide themselves if they wanted to be a free or slave state -
Ant Turners Rebelion
This was a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner where slaveholders were murdered by enslaved people. southerners said this showed how dangerous slaves were and how they are bad people. But the northerners argued that this showed how bad slavery was because Nat Turner’s only option was to revolt. This increased sectional differences because there were a lot of arguments about this between the north and the south -
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Nullification crisis
South Carolina doesn’t want to pay taxes that help the northern economy. They want to secede from the union but Andrew Jackson threatens to send in the military. The north views this action as reckless and stupid. The south praises the bravery of South Carolina and condemns Andrew Jackson and his supporters. -
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Mexican Mexican war
After Texas broke free from Mexico they asked American to annex them. They refused once but when a southern president was elected they did and beat Mexico in a war and took everything of the modern day United States. The north was opposed to the annexation of Texas but the south loved it. They wanted the US to expand and manifest destiny -
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California gold rush
One man found gold on a farm and told people about it. Word then soon got out and California was overrun by people trying to find gold. It quickly became a state and voted to outlaw slavery
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Compromise of 1850
This compromise was about having territories decided whether to have slaves nor not. This also saw California enter as a state and Utah as a territory. This was another win for the north because it added another free state. The south hated this but was happy at the prospect at having Utah as a slave state in the future -
Harriet Beecher Stowe published uncle toms cabin
It was a story about a slave who is beaten and treated very poorly by a southerner. This was to sway peoples minds about slavery and to express the horrors to people who have not seen it before.
Mnay people became anti slavery after reading about the horrors slavery held. This weekend the push to keep slavery in the north and in other parts of the world -
Fredrick Douglas 4th of July speech
it talked about independence for negros. It represents that the black popular action is not free but still repressed.
Many white people began to see what the African American saw and wanted to abolish slavery. This was much more prominent in the north where slavery had been abolished -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This added two territories Kansas and Nebraska and caused bleeding Kansas. Many pro and anti slavery activist fought in Kansas and tried to make the state free or pro slavery. Many pro and anti slavery people died and no one benifited from this. Kansas did become a slave territory but only after many people died. -
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Bleeding Kansas
violent fights between pro slavery groups and anti
slavery group. directly separated both groups because they were fighting against each other. 55 people ended up being killed -
Attack on Charles Sumner
it was a violent attack on abolitionist Charles Sumner by
pro - slavery representative Preston Brooks. This separated both groups because people ended bringing guns and knives to the chamber meeting. This increased the already
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Dred Scot v Stanford
it was a case that said that African Americans aren't
citizens of the United States. This increased tension because some people agreed with this decision and some people didn't. This directly furthered sectional differences because it caused arguments. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
It was an attempt to the abolish slavery by taking over
the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
This was one of the most obvious causes of the civil war because
it was very whole violent and it caused many disagreements. Also,
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Election of 1860
It was the presidential election between Abraham
Lincoln, John Breckinridge, John Bell, And Stephen
Douglas. This election was most likely the main cause of the civil war
because it caused many southern states to secede from the
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Southern session
This event happened when many southern states broke
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Shots fired at Fort Sumter
This was the official start of fighting in the American Civil War. Union troops (northern troops) stationed at Ft. Sumter in South Carolina were attacked by the South Carolina militia. Union troops lost and surrendered the fort to the Confederate militia.
Unlike previous acts of violence, this was the first time violence broke out between organized military troops. Fighting in the Civil War would continue for 4 more years after this event.