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The cotton gin machine revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the proceess of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
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The way that most slaves went to freedom.
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Missouri wanted to become a slavery state, so Congress allowed them, but made Maine a free state.
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Andrew Jackson tariffed manurfactured items such as, wool and textiles, and South Carolina nullified the tariff.Tarrif of 1828 and Nullification Crisis
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The Liberator spoke out against slaver and for the rights of black Americans for 35 years.
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The killing on a lot of slaves.
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Designed to eleminate slavery, because of the Mexican War.
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A package of 5 seperate bills passed by the United States Congress.
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An anti slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe helped lay the ground work for the Civil War.
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Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Alowing the slave owners to take their slaves into Western Terriotry.
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A series of formal political debates.
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The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election.
