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Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, and was an improved version of older inventions similar to it. This was only one of the many new inventions made during the Industrial Revolution. The cotton gin separates the seeds from the cotton fibers, which could then be used to make clothing and much more. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/7800/7804/cottongin_7804.htm -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought 828,000 square miles (2,144,000 square kilometers or 529,920,000 acres) of France's territory, Louisiana. This was called the Louisiana Purchase. America had spent around 15 million on this land. This almost doubled the size of the U.S. http://thomaslegion.net/thelouisianapurchaseagreement.html -
Missouri Compromise
This compromise was made to maintain an equal amount of slave states and free states. They made a compromise to please both the pro-slavery and anti-slavery citizens. Maine was admitted as a free state, and in order to keep balance, Missouri was then labled a slave state. http://www.slideshare.net/thelawnguys/missouri-compromise-9579377 -
Monroe Doctrine
This doctrine from President James Monroe stated that any European interference in the North or South would be taken as a threat. The U.S. would then have to intervene. This was expressing to the world that America was fully capable of defending itself. https://mstartzman.pbworks.com/w/page/31108475/Monroe%20Doctrine%20(first) -
American System
This economic plan was composed of three parts: a tariff, a national bank, and federal subsides for internal improvements. This was meant to protect and promote American industry and develop profitable markets. http://davidoffutt.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/election-crises-1796-1800-and-1824/ -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was also known as the Southampton Insurrection. He led a multitude of rebel slaves in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Only 55-65 people were killed, but this was the largest amount of fatalities involved in a slave revolt. http://www.johnhorse.com/trail/02/d/06.htm -
Nullification Crisis
During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, a sectional crisis was created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_Crisis -
Texas Revolution
Because of military conflicts between Mexico and the Texas colonists, a revolution broke out. This revolution lasted from late 1835 to early 1836. After this revolution, Texas was later annexed to the U.S.A. http://www.mcm.edu/~frazierd/maps/Texas_Revolution_Map.html -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This treaty was signed by both the Mexican Republic and the United States of America. It marked the end of the Mexican American War. It's official name was the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic. http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects06/magsylje/outcome.html -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 included five seperate bills passed in the U.S. These put an end to a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This novel was written by an American named Harriet Beecher Stowe. The books main focus is on anti-slavery. Some said it had helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act added the territories of both Kansas and Nebraska to the United States. Settlers started to populate the lands, but the controversy over whether or not they should be slave states or not came up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act -
Beating of Charles Summer
Charles had given a speech that provoked Representative Preston Brooks. Two days after his speech, Summer was beaten nearly to death by this man with his own walking cane. Some say this was symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse", and hence opened the doors to the Civil War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision was a landmark decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court. This stated that, be them slaves or freed, all African Americans were not concidered legitimate citizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford -
South Carolina Secedes
South Caroline was the first state to declare its secession and later formed the Confederacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War
