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The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney and his assistant, Phineas Miller, in April of 1793. The creation of the cotton gin was very much to blame for the growth of slavery in the United States. It made cotton easier to clean, so plantation owners could grow more cotton because they could clean it faster. Because of that they bought more slaves so they could harvest faster and plant faster.
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It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except for the boundaries of state of Missouri.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that talked about the bad parts of slavery and it kept Europe out of the Civil War
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When Abraham Lincoln became president it was the main reason for the civil war. The south thought he was an extreme abolitionist, and that is why they split apart.
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South Carolina was torn between Pro- and Anti- slavery forces. It leaned towards pro-slavery so they seceded
