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Eli Whitney is best known for this creation and this was one of the key inventions of industrial revolution and improved U.S. production of cotton
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United States sectional crisis which involved the confrontation of South Carolina and the Federal government
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Republic of Texas voluntarily asked to be part of United States, and they did so, but Mexico warned U.S. that they would declare war if they did so.
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James K. Polk told congress the exact "spot" where blood shed on american soil. He would then declare war with mexico.
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James K. Polk was president during this war. It was an armed conflict between mexico and u.s, resulting in U.S. victory and land gained.
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Led by John Riley, a unit of 175 nor more immigrants that fought for the Mexican Army against the U.S. in the Mexican American War in 1846-48
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The boundary between Texas and Mexico defined by James K. Polk, where the dispute for Texas took place.
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This treaty made for all land gained by mexico to be free of slavery. James K. Polk made 2 million dollars to go with this treaty to negotiate the terms of this treaty.
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James K. Polk still affiliated during this time,this treaty successfully ended the Mexican American War and made for U.S. gain 520k square miles of land.
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This treaty, signed in February of 1848, officially ended the Mexican American war and added 525,000 square miles to U.S. territory. Present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming was gained after this treaty.
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AKA Moses, a former slave that played the role of an armed scout and spy for U.S. Army during the Civil War
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A network of secret routes for African American slaves to escape into Free states during the mid 19th century
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This compromise was a political confrontation between slave and free states to decipher the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
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Passed on September of 1850, A law that made for Fugitive/ Runaway slaves to return to southern soil if caught. This was part of the compromise of 1850
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Anti slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stow and was sought to "lay the groundwork for the Civil War" and even sold more copies than the Bible in the year of 1852
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A 29,670-square-foot piece of land acquired by the U.S. from Mexico by this treaty signed by James Gadsden in 1853.
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Formerly known as the Whigs, a meeting that took place on March 20, 1854 by anti-slavery Whigs discussed a new formation of a party. Thus creating the Republican Party
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Violent Political disagreements between anti and pro slavery representatives between 1854-1861
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This act signed by Congress made for citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether they were able to allow slavery or not.
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A document that suggested that U.S. purchase Cuba from Spain and implied that the U.S. should declare war with Spain if they refused.
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Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner two days after his firey speech " The Crime Against Kansas."
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Dred Scott attempted to fight for his freedom in the U.S supreme Court but he was viewed as property because he was a slave. The court found that no black ,free or slave could claim U.S. Citizenship
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Before his presidency, Abraham Lincoln gave this speech where he stated his famous quote "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
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A series of debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the seat in U.S. Senate
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Led by John Brown, an armed abolitionist who felt strongly against slavery, so strongly that he took a U.S. arsenal and led a slave revolt in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. October,16-18, 1859
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Republican Abe Lincoln beat other candidates and his election would then lead to South Carolina to secede from the Union
