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Cotton Gin is invented
-Eli Whitney was the creator of this machine
-It removes the seeds from cotton fibers
-This happened in the South
-This happened on March 14, 1794 during the times of slavery
-This was important because it sped up the process of picking cotton and cotton production.
-Compromise because then there is more cotton being produced for the U.S. and its people -
Embargo Act of 1807
-U.S. Congress and Thomas Jefferson
-America was being hurt instead of their intended targets so they repealed the Embargo Act of 1807
-U.S. Government
-December 22, 1807
-It prohibited all American ships from trading in all foreign ports
-Conflict, because it didn't work how they hoped and it ended up crippling American economy -
Missouri Compromise
-Henry Clay, Missouri, Maine, Western Territories north of Missouri's southern border
-Sections of the U.S. were for slavery and against it and tensions continued and so the Missouri Compromise was created
-signed in New York
-March 3, 1820
-It allowed Missouri into the union as a slave state, Maine joined as a free state, portions of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36 degree-30 minute latitude line were prohibited from engaging in slavery
-Conflict, because it raised tensions beca -
Tariff of Abominations
-Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and South Carolina were involved
-Industry in the North were being negatively effected
-This was happening in New England
-Happened on May 19, 1828
-It was important because it protected industry in the North
-Conflict, because the South were being taxed while the North wasn't -
Compromise of 1850
-The North and South were involved
-Problems in the North and South were trying to be solved
- Happened in Washington,D.C.
-January 29, 1850
-It diffused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states
-Conflict, because the North and the South still had disagreements and it eventually led to the Civil War -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
-It was written because Harriet was inspired by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
-Written in Ohio
-April 1, 1852
-It set up part of the Civil War
-Conflict, because this caused conflict between the North and the South and led to the civil war -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
-Kansas and Nebraska were involved
-The south approved of slavery and the North didn't approve of it
-Happened in Kansas and Nebraska
-March 30, 1854
-It prohibited slavery above the 36 degree 30 minute line and allowed slavery south of the line
-Conflict, because the North and South grew in conflict over slavery and it eventually led to the Civil War