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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Invention of the Cotton Gin increased the demands for slaves greatly because it allowed farmers to process short-staples cottons much faster thus allowing them to bigger crops with more slaves -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is the event in which Missouri enters as a slave state, and Maine enters as a free state, but the US have come to an agreement to not allow slave states above the 60, 60 line of the USA. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise started with the problem of California petitioning to become a states. Both Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery didn't want California to become a state because no other territories were close to becoming a state in order for both side to be even in state number. To solve this problem, they allowed California in as a free state, but they also passed the Fugitive Slave Law, which meant everyone in the north had to help Slave Owner get their slave back if they were in the north. -
Uncle's Tom Cabin
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Kansas-Nebraksa Act
An act passed that allowed the people to decide wheter Kansas should be a slave state or a free state through Popular Sovereignty, The Policy of letting the people of an area make their own decisions on an issue or issues. The Republican Party was formed because of this. The Republican were opposed to the expansion of Slavery. There were many blood spilled between those who were Pro-Slavery and those who were Anti-Slavery. This event was known as "Bloody Kansas." -
Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln-Dougle Debate
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Seccession of South Carolina
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Lincoln is Elected
The 1860 Election in which Lincoln was elected. This is one of the cause of the Civil War because the south believed that with a Republican running the country, they were afraid that Lincoln was going to abolish slavery. So a year after Lincoln was elected, in 1861, South Carolina seceded from the union. More southern states followed. He only won with 39.7% of popular vote. -
Attack of Fort Sumter
