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Creation of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin enabled the rapid separation of seeds from cotton fibers. The machine helped make cotton a profitable export crop, and further promoted the use of slavery for cotton cultivation. The Cotton Gin increased the production of cotton which meant that the south needed more slaves to manage and work the cotton production. There was a stress put on the North and the South and their opposing views of slavery. -
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Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening sparked a huge number of reform movements. The Second Great Awakening helped spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching. The revivals were a main part of the movement. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana purchase was a land deal between the United States and France. The Louisiana purchase doubled the size of the United states. It straightened the country materially and strategically. -
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American Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes. It was the process of change from an economy based on handicraft to one dominated by industry. The Industrial Revolution created tension in America because poor workers were often forced into bad working conditions. Employees were exposed to many risks and dangers including cramped areas with poor ventilation. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted California to the Union as a free state. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 worked out between the North and the South. It passed by the congress that allowed for admission of Missouri. -
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Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion was an insurrection that was planned, aborted, and rescheduled for August 21. Since Turner's plan to eliminate slavery proved unsuccessful in the short term, his insurrection served to increase tensions between both the northern and southern United States. That eventually culminated into the Civil War. -
Nullification Crisis (President Jackson)
President Jackson saw nullification as a threat to the Union. From his point of view the government derived its power from the people, and not from the states. The Nullification Crisis represented a pivotal moment in American history as this was the first time tensions between state and federal authority almost led to a civil war. -
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Mexican American War
The Nullification Crisis represented a pivotal moment in American history as this was the first time tensions between state and federal authority almost led to a civil war. There was a lot of tension between the pro-slavery states of the southern and the anti-slavery states of the north. The Mexican American War led into the Civil war because new territory and states were brought into the country and the Northerners did not want slavery to expand. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was sparked by the discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 and it was one of the events that most impacted America ion the 19th century. The discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada influenced the battle over the admission of California to the Union. That influenced a lot into it leading into these civil war. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was when California was admitted to the Union as a free state and the remainder of the Mexican cession was divided into the two territories The compromise of 1850 had a Fugitive Slave Act which allowed officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, and required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves. And since it prohibited the slave trade in Washington, it led into the civil war. -
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It influenced peoples thought about African Americans and slavery in the United States It Strengthened the conflict between the Northern and Southern States. The book convinced northerners the slavery was wrong, and convinced southerners that Stowe’s picture of slavery was false. The book angered the North and the South, causing the Civil war. -
Frederick Douglass gives July 4th Speech
Fredrick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”. It caused tension in the US because pro-slavery people would want to continue slavery and thought as enslaved people as not a person. The 4th of July is supposed to be for citizens and back then enslaved people were not citizens. -
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“Bleeding Kansas”
Bleeding Kansas, small civil war in the United States, fought between pro slavery and anti slavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Outbursts of violence occurred between pro and anti slavery forces in the early 1855 and 1856. It shaped American politics and contributes to the coming of the Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act re[pealed the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. The controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned. It’s passage intensifies the bitter debate over slavery in the Unites states, which would later explode into the Cilil War. -
Attack on Charles Sumner
The attack on Charles Sumner was when Representative Preston Brooks a pro-slavery Democrat from Douth Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. The beating nearly killed Sumner and contributes significantly to the country poilarization over the issue of slavery. It was also the use of violence that led to the civil war. -
Dred Scott Ruling
Dred Scott v. Sanford was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the United States constitution was not meant to include American citizenship. It was a decade long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott. The U.S Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case struck down the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional. Maintaining that Congress had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories. -
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Raid on Harpers Ferry
The abolitionist, John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armored unit in Harpers Ferry. Brown and his men captured the prominent citizens and seized the federal armor and arsenal. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry generated intense reaction in both the South and the North. Southerners grew apprehensive of the possibility of other violent plots. They viewed down as a terrorist bent on destroying their civilization, and support for the secession grew. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was the first and only time that the Constitutional Union Party ran. Lincoln won the election and had more electoral votes than popular votes. The election of 1860 caused tension in the US because Lincoln would not agree to any extension of slavery. The issue was the clash of slavery and its expansion. -
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Southern Secession
The southern secession in US history was the withdrawal of 11 slaves states, from the Union during 1860 - 61. The secession of the Southern States led to the establishment of the confederacy and the Civil War. The primary cause of the was was the southerns states desire to preserve the institution of slavery. -
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Shots fired at Ft. Sumter
This was the official start of fighting in the American Civil War. Union troops (northern troops) stationed at Ft. Sumter in South Carolina were attacked by the South Carolina militia. Union troops lost and surrendered the fort to the Confederate militia. Unlike previous acts of violence, this was the first time violence broke out between organized military troops. Fighting in the Civil War would continue for 4 more years after this event.