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1793 Cotton gin invented
Eli Whitney invented his cotton gin in 1793 in hopes of creating a more reliable way to produce cotton. -
1793 Fugitive Slave Act
This act required non-slave states to assist in the returning of runaway slaves. These slaves if caught, were usually executed. -
1800 Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion (Summer)
Led 50 armed slaves around Richmond. They failed to gain control of the main road to Richmond. Prosser and 25 of his followers were killed. -
1811 German Coast Uprising (January)
A couple hundred poorly armed slaves marched into New Orleans and were obliterated by the U.S army and state militia troops. Over 60 slaves died. The heads of the leaders were posted on poles along the Mississippi River as a message. -
OCT 26, 1825 Erie Canal Completed
The Erie Canal was built from 1821-1825 and completed October 26, 1825. This was the first and most successful of the artificial waterways. -
1826 American Temperance Society founded
The society's goal was to bring change in attitudes toward alcohol and its role in everybody's social life -
1828 Sabbatarian Movement
Evangelicals in 1828 tried to end mail service on Sundays as they tried to shut down non-church activities on those days -
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1830 – 1860 Slavery declines in the Upper South
The Upper South is becoming less tied to slavery. Slave population only makes up about half of what it used to be. -
1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion (August)
Turner (a literate field man) led a small band of his followers to kill 60 white people in the following 2 days after he killed his owner. -
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society founded
William Lloyd Garrison helped found it. -
1832 Black Hawk's War
The Sauk and Potawatomi tribes defeat in the war forced them to cede the land that they were promised in an earlier treaty. -
1836 Texas becomes independent state
The Texan army and some volunteers/help from the American south defeated the Mexican army. Santa Anna was forced to sign a treaty after he was caught trying to escape. -
1837 Massachusetts School Board established
Massachusetts's legislature established the nation's first board of education -
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1840 – 1860 German/Irish Immigration Booms
From 1840 to 1860, 4.2 million immigrants entered the U.S. Germany had political and religious problems, and the Irish had the potato famine. -
JUN 12, 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention (London)
The Convention didn't allow female delegates from the U.S. This sparked the Women's Rights Movement. -
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1843 – 1860 Edmund Ruffin Reforms
Edmund was a Virginia planter.He promoted the use of Marl. He called for farmers to plow deeper furrows, rotate crops, and to upgrade their breeding stock. -
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1844 – 1846 Mormon Migration to Utah
The Mormons wanted to relocate after Smith was killed by a mob in 1844. They wanted to move to Utah because of the lack of white settlers and isolated location. They made a new community at the Great Salt Lake in 1846. -
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1844 – 1860 "Know Nothing" Party Active
They were scared of losing their jobs so the U.S born artisans began to join these organizations. -
1848 Seneca Falls Convention
This was the first convention ever to be completely devoted to women's rights. It was held in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848