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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri was created as a slave state and Maine was created as a free state. This was done to keep a balance of power between free and slave states in Congress. It was agreed, going forward that any time a slave state entered, a free state would enter the union. Going forward, there would be no slavery North od 36* N. Lat. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Toms Cabin
Unlce Toms Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the evils of slavery to the world. This book became a worldwide best seller. At this time the people of europe were against slavery. The impact of the book was that it turned the the people of Eurpe against slavery as they realized that all of the Cotton they were buying from the south. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court ruled that according to the constitution, slaves were strictly the property of their owners. Furthermore, since they were defined as property, they could not be citizens and had no rights. This decision was a devestating blow to the anit-slavery movement. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates took place in Illinois between two men running for the U.S Senate. It involved Stephan Douglas who was a recognized elader of the democratic party, and Abraham Lincoln who was a young man and a relativley unknwn polition at the time. Abraham Lincoln does terrific debates. He was against slavery. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a radical abotlitionist. Despite attacking U.S. government base, Brown was viewed as a hero and Martyr by many in the North. This was shocking news to the South and made southerners realize that the anit-slavery moevement was growing much stronger. The devision between North and South is not almost complete. -
Election of Lincoln
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Sucession of South Carolina
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Attack on Fort Sumter
