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the cotton gin
It increased demand for slavery. The south becomes dependent on slave labor -
The missouri compromise
slavery wil not be allowed above the 36 30 line maine enters as a free state missouri enters as a slave state -
William Lloyd Garnson
published an abolitionist newspaper called "the liberator". -
Nat turner
slave rebellion- scared southern whites; leads to stronger slave laws -
wilmot proviso
stated all land gained from Mexico would be free- angered southerners- Never passed -
underground railroad
passage many slaves took to escape with help from northerners -
compromise of 1850
*california enters as a free state
*slave trade outlawed in washington D.C
*territories will use popular sovereignty to determine slave status
*passage of the fugitive slave law -
Republican party created
official platform was to stop the expansion of slavery. -
election of 1860
Republican:Lincoln
Democrats:split into 2
Parties:breckenridgge&Douglas
Constitution Party: Bell
LINCOLN WINS!!!! -
Fort Sumter
1st official battle of the civil war!
