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Invention of Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was made by Eli Whitney. It revolutionized the production of cotton by speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
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The Missouri Compromise
Adding Missouri as a state to the Union was a very large conflict considering it would disrupt the balance of free and slave states. Missouri was ready to become a state but there was much conflict and discussion on whether or not it would hold slaves. -
Missouri Compromise is Concluded
The Missouri compromise is ended by just adding another state to The U.S. The state known as Maine was added as a free state for blacks. However Missouri was created as a slave state. -
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad wasn't really a railroad nor was it underground. It was titled this way to describe how it operated. The path to freedom had many stops for slaves as does a train and it's train stops. Click Here For The Rest! -
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The Tariff of 1828 and it's Nullification
Also known as the "Tariff of Abominations", The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the Northern United States. The Nullification Convention met in November 1832. They declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1st, 1833. They said that attempts to use force to collect taxes would lead to the state's secession. -
The Liberator (Published)
It is a weekly newspaper that was created by William Lloyd Garrison. It was his most prominent abolitionist activity, he had been involved in the fight to end slavery for years prior to its publication. -
Wilmot Proviso
Created by David Wilmot; it prohibited the expansion of slavery into any territory acquired by the United States from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War settlement. Here's More! -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions, in an attempt to seek a compromise and to prevent a crisis between the North and the South. The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Published)
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Passed by the U.S. Congress and allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. Lincoln was the winner and became the President of the United States. -
The Attempted Secession of The Southern States
Convinced that their way of life, based on slavery, was irretrievably threatened by the election of President Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas seceded from the Union for a short time. The South Secedes -
Fort Sumter's Downfall
Early in the morning of April 12, 1861, Confederate guns around the harbor opened fire on Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13th the garrison commander surrendered the fort and it wouldn't be recaptured for nearly four years.
