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Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. Sped up cotton production and expanded slavery. Helped economy in north and south.
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illegalized spread of slavery into Louisiana territory. 1852.
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Connected Lake Erie to the Hudson river. Expedited shipment of southern produce. Also brought northerners to the West which changed the politics of the region. Everyone started investing in new canals because of its success but no other canal was as successful.
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Slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. Rebel slaves killed more slaveowners than any other rebellion. Aftermath: fear, execution of many innocent slave, lost rights
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Founded by six alcoholics in 1840. Their movement against drinking spread all around the country. They focused on the individual drinker.
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Stated that any land gained from Mexico should be slave-free. Was not successful in congress but became battle cry of abolitionists.
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California is admitted as a free state. New Mexico and Utah (still territories) leave slavery to popular sovereignty. Texas gives up land to pay for debts.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book about the evils of slavery. It was very popular and spread knowledge of slavery.
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Gave Kansas and Nabraska territories rights to popular sovereignty. 1854.
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Southern anti-slavery author in the 1850's. He argued that slavery would hurt the South's economy. Wrote The Impending Crisis of the South in 1857.
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Lead by John Brown in 1859. White abolitionist starting slave revolt. Failed.
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War
