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Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitman to clean the seeds from cotton fibers. It made cleaning cotton and turning it into usable textiles drastically faster and less exprensive. This also led to getting more slaves because they needed more harvest. The slaves population grew rapidly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin -
Lousiana Purchase
The Lousiana Purchase was a purchase by the United States of France's Lousiana Territory - extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains - for $15 Million. It escaladed the idea of liberty. The purchase created more problems for the republic. http://www.historynet.com/louisiana-purchase -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a series of agreements passed by congress to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. It expanded slavery throughout into the new western territory. Missouri's statehood sparked a national debate. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/triggerevents.html -
Monroe Doctrine
It was a policy of United States opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe. Europeans were not allowed to further colonize the western hemispere. The United States expanded from coast to coast. http://www.expat-chronicles.com/2011/10/monroe-doctrine-an-overview/ -
American System
The American System was a pre-civil war set of measures designed to unify the nation and strengthen it's economy. It was set by means of protective tarriffs, a national bank, and such internal improvements as the development of a transportation system. This was the kickoff to the civil war. http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/h398/398syl.html -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion against white men, women and children. Turner and sixteen of his followers killed about 60 white men, women and children and were then captured and executed. This was the first big fight when slaves rebelled against racism. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/Nat-Turners-Rebellion.htm -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a setional crisis during Andrew Jackson's presidency. It was created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. It gave Jackson the power to use soldiers to enforce the tarriff measure. http://avhs-apush.wikispaces.com/Nullification+Crisis,+The -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion in which Texas gained it's independence from Mexico. The war was between Mexico and Texas colonists. https://www.google.com/search?q=monroe+doctrine&biw=1242&bih=545&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3IAzVOKzFOHO8AG6xoGABQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=texas+revolution&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=NF2JufqqzimIZM%253A%3BhB-ZyXlxduATRM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpdxretro.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F02%252FAlamo-battle_thumb.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpicture- -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the United States war with Mexico. Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United States. The treaty made the United States the first world power in the nineteeth century. It aquired 500,000 sqare feet of land. http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/wars_end_guadalupe.html -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of resolutions in which Henry Clay hoped would solidify "all questions in controversy between the free and slave states, growing out of the subject of slavery." It prevented territorial expansion of slavery and strenghtened the Fugitive Law Act. The Northerners were compelled to take and return slaves that escaped to the south. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/73558/US-Senator-Henry-Clay-in-a-speech-before-the-Senate -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It delivered a message that slavery was not just a political contest. It was great moral struggle. It opened the Northerners eyes to what slavery really was and southerners thought it was malicious writing. http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/lesson-plans/uncle-toms-cabin-lesson/uncletomscabin.html -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill in congress introduced by Douglas. It divide the area into two territories. Nebraska was in the north and Kansas was in the south. It repealed the Missouri Compromise by white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act -
Beating of Charles Sumner
The Beating of Senator Charles Sumner was when Preston Brooks beat him with a kane after giving a bitter speech called "The Crime Against Kansas." Preston Brooks completely dissagreed with him and he thought sumner went to far. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court, right before the outbreak of the Civil War. Dred Scott was a slave that sought to be a free man. http://www.manataka.org/page2530.html -
Harper's Ferry
Harper's Ferry was the attempt to begin an armed slave revolt by seizing the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry. John Brown aimed to seize federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He also wanted to distribute the captured arms of slaves in the area and start a general slave uprising. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/july/harpers-ferry.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was the election between Abraham Lincoln and John C. Breckinridge. Lincoln won but he recievef half of the popular vote. He had secional support, only the north voted for him. http://voteview.com/Political_Parties_UCSD_9_February_2006.htm -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first southern states to decalre secesion. It later formed a confederacy during the Civil War. The states that were heavily populated with White men were dependent on slaves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War
