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Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and it increased slavery in the south -
Missouri Compromise of 1820
This compromise was to see if Missouri became a free state -
"King Cotton" Argument
cotton is "king" in the south
Less Taxes= less military -
Slave Power Conspiracy
control of money land politics, and govt. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to influence people to end slavery and she is from Brunswick Maine -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Argument over Trans-west RR, raises 36'30 line. Nullifies MO compromise -
Bleeding Kansas
there was violence
intimidation
voter fraud
"Border Ruffians"
