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Invention of cotton gin
The invention of the cotton gin made slavery explode in the south. In rapidly cleaned cotton, much faster than a human ever could. The south needed slaves to plant the cotton for them. It made the south very wealthy. It also made slavery go westward to find fresh land to plant cotton in. -
Missouri compromise
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
It was a novel written by harriet beecher stowe that exposed how evil slavery was. It was a worldwide bestseller and convinced europe to not help the south in the civil war. -
Kansas nebraska act
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Dred Scott's supreme court case
This was a supreme court case that was very devistating to anti-slavery people. The court ruled that slaves were property of their owners and do not have the rights as citizens. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
This was the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. It took place in illinois when they we both running for U.S. senate. It was important because it establishes him from being a young, unknown politition to the leader of the republican party. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry
John brown was a radical abolitionist, or in other words, he was extremly aposed to slavery. He dicided it was a good idea to raid a large military base in harper's ferry to arm slaves for a huge revolt. It was a massive failure and John Brown was caught and exucuted. The importance of this was that the north thought of John Brown as a martyr instead of a terrorist, which shocked the south and largly divided the country. -
Election of lincoln
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Secession of south carolina
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Attack on Fort Sumter
