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Invention of Cotton Gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney. -
MIssouri Compromise
Learn more hereThe Missouri Compromise was a United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay. It made slavery illegal north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. -
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
In November 1832 the Nullification Convention met. The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. They said that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession. -
Wilmot Proviso
Link textWilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. -
compromise of 1850
Link textThe Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the basis that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master. -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln-Douglas debates is a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas when both were campaigning for election to the United States Senate from Illinois. -
Election of 1860
Link textRepublican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
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Secession of Southern States
After the Civil War began in April, four slave states – Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee – of the Upper South also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. ... The government of the United States rejected the claims of secession and considered the Confederacy illegitimate.
