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The Cotton Gin Is Invented
Eli Whitney's original cotton gin patent was dated on March 14, 1794 in the United States. The cotton gin was a life changing invention because it dramatically reduced the time it took to seperate cotton seeds from cotton fibers. This event shows compromise because it didn't put as much labor on people who used to work long hours in the field. -
Embargo Act Of 1807
A law passed by Thomas Jefferson to stop all stop trade between trade between America and any other country. The goal was to get Britain and France to stop restricting American trade and to get the British to stop seizing American ships. The French and British looked for goods elsewhere and the embargo was lifted in 1809. -
The Missouri Compromise
The compromise was an effort by congress terminate the issue as a state in which slavery will be allowed. The Missouri Compromise was criticized by many southerners because it established that Congress could make laws regarding slavery. Northerners condemned it for not spreading slavery greatly. -
The Compromise Of 1850
The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War.Many people respected the compromise as a final solution to the question of slavery in the territories, but the measures lacked broad support as a group in Congress. This event later leads to factions fighting in the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anit- slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes about black people -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Opened new lands for settlement and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The act was designed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas. -
Bleeding Kansas
"Bleeding Kansas" was a series of violent political events in the United States involving anti-slavery protesters and pro-slavery elements that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of Missouri. Bleeding Kansas was a war between anti-slavery forces in the North and pro-slavery forces from the South over the issue of slavery in the United States. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the fact that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master. The Court decided that under the Constitution Scott was his master's property and was not a citizen of the United States. The Court also declared that the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in certain areas, unconstitutionally deprived people of property. -
John Brown's Raid
An attempt to start an armed slave rebellion by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His rebellion was soon put to rest by US Marines under Robert E. Lee and was later sentenced to death after trail. -
Election Of 1860
The 19th presidential election. The United States had been divided during the 1850s, expanding slavery and the rights of slave owners. In 1860, these issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions. The Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South Seven Southern states declared their secession and later formed the Confederacy. -
South Carolina Sucedes From The Union
Southern states seceded from the Union and declared themselves a separate nation called the Confederate States of America. Threats to secede from the Union had arisen for decades and during the Nullification Crisis it appeared that South Carolina might try to break away from the Union. South Carolina's declaration made it abundantly clear that the reason for secession was the desire to preserve slavery.
