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Introduction of Cotton gin
Eli Whitney's invention allowed the south to become known as "Cotton King", for it facilitated the production of cotton,It also promoted the use of slavery because it promised quick wealth. -
Tariff of 1828
To protect the Northern Industries Congress passed the Tariff of 1828, It strengthened the North's economy since it forced the Southerners to but from them at high prices, but weekend the economy of the South because the British reduced the quantity of cotton they imported form the South. The tariff Favored the North and the Southerners where forced to live with it. -
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The Liberator
The Liberator was founded by William Lloyd Garrison, and it was an abolitionist newspaper. it portrayed an evil South to the Northerners, which cused a sence of division in the country. -
Nat Turner's Revelion
His Revolution in Virginia resulted in the prohibition of both education and assembly rights to slaves when Equality of all men was a big deal. -
Underground Railroad
Although the day of when it started is not exactly known, the underground railroad was a cause of the civil war. It infuriated the south that 'their' property was taken from them with the aid of their own fellow country man. In their eyes it was the North stealing from the South. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
this law was passed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned to their "owners". The northerners that opposed slavery were no faced with the conflict of morality vs law. They could either continue helping the runaway slaves, because it was the right thing to do for, and get in trouble or fallow a law they they thought was wrong. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the anti-slave book; Uncle Tom's Cabin. it provoked a sense of disgust to those who viewed slavery as a wrong because story presented a description of the conditions a slave lived through. Making their stance of anti-slavery even stronger and therefore dividing the country even more. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent confrontations between anti and pro slavery supporters. Their main goal was to get the territory of Kansas to become a state of their favor and in the process killing their own fellow American man. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide with popular soverty if whether they were to become a slave or free state. This resulted in both Anti and Pro slavery activist to intervene in the out come, either by moving to the Territories and voting their way or bribing others to do so as well. As a result the bleeding Kansas happened since people started to use violence to affect the Territories stance of slavery. -
South Carolinas's Succession
The country was divided and South Carolina declared succession from the union causing other states to succeed for the same cause. Slavery. This not only cause a division of society, but it created a border where the division was.
