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the cotton gin is invented
increased the demand for slavery, the economy of the south becomes dependent on slave labor -
the industrial revolution causes
north= manufacturing
south= agriculture -
the missouri compromise
missouri enters as a slave state
main enters a free state -
tariff of abominations divides
noth= supports it
south= opposes it -
william garrison
publishes an abolitionits newspaper called "the liberator" -
wilmot provise
state
all land gained from mexico would be free-angered souytherners-never passed -
compromise of 1850
california eneters as a free state
slave trade outlawed in washington d.c.
passage of the fugative slave law -
fugative slave law
runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners -
uncle toms cabin
author: harriet beacher stone
impact: described the horrors of slavery made the abolition of slavery a priority on of the best selling books of all time -
republican party created
official platform was to stop the expansion of slavery