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Underground Railroad
A trail of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape into free states or Canada. Many slaves escaped via Underground Railroad in 1850 about 100,000 escaped.
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Invention of cotton gin
Eil Whitney invented the cotton gin. It was a machine that quickly and easily separated cotton and seeds -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising. -
Wilmot Priviso
An American law to ban slavery in territory from Mexico. The Wilmot Priviso was one of the major events leading to the Civil War. -
Compromise of 1850
A group of five different bills passed by the United States Congress.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their boarders -
Dred Scott Decision
the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. -
John Brows raid on Harper Ferry
An effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initate an armed slave revolt. -
Election of 1860
American presidential election split between northern and southern democrats was emblematic of the severe sectional split learn more here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860) -
Secession of Southern States
Slavery was extremely threatened by the election of President Abraham Lincoln. -
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Fort Sumter is fired upon
Fort Sumter is an island located in Charleston, South Carolina.
