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The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Invention of the cotton gin was important, because its invention made it possible for cotton to be harvested faster and in a much larger quantity. The cotton gin could produce 1,000 pounds of cotton per day. Before the invention of the cotton gin, it took a slave 10 hours to produce 1 pound of cotton. -
Missouri Becomes it's Own State
Missouri wanted to be added as a state, but there wasn't another state to keep a balance between salve states and free states. This problem was fixed by making a part of Massachusetts into Maine. Maine was then added as a free state and Missouri, a slave state. But the most important part was that they also created the 36˚ 30˚ line. Slavery could only exist south of that line. -
President Lincoln was Inaugurated
Lincoln was inaugurated. He said he had no plans to end slavery in the states where it already existed, but he wouldn't withdraw his threat to resolve the crisis. -
First Shot at Fort Sumter
The first shot of The Civil War was fired at 4:30 am, at Fort Sumter. -
General McClellan Refuses to Take Action Against the Confederacy
President Lincoln told the Union to launch action against the Confederacy. General McClellan, the war general for the Union, ignored the request. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh. More men died in this battle then in any other war that took place in the United States of America. 13,000 of the 63,000 Union Soldiers (against slavery) died, and 11,000 of the 40,000 Confederate troops (for slavery) were killed. The Confederacy was for slavery, the Union against it. That's 21,000 dead. The battle ended after one day, on April 7. -
7 Day Back-to-Back Battles
Union and Confederate fought 7 back-to-back battles, including Mechanicsville (June 26-27), Gaines's Mill (June 27), Savage's Station (June 29), Frayser's Farm (June 30), and Malvern Hill (July 1). -
The War Ended
The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, although the final shot was fired on June 22, 1865. By the end of the war the Union had lost a total of 365,000 men, and the Confederacy lost 260,000. The Union had won the war, so the slaves were freed! -
Abraham Lincoln Assasinated
Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth ran away and hid for ten days before being found and killed.
