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events leading to the civil war
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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Made clothes easier to make. Cotton became king. Due to the cotton gin in the south more slaves were necessry to keep the the planations going. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott an enslaved African American was taken by his slaveholder from missouri, a slaveholding state to the free state if illinois and then to the free territory of wisconsin. -
Compromise of 1850
compromise was any one who wanted to join the union they changed by telling them they could either be a free state or a slave state. -
Fugitive slave Act
The law would help caputre slave who were fugitives or runaways, who escaped to the north the new law would force people in free states to help recapture escaped slaves. -
uncle tom's cabin
It was important for northerners to avoid the discussion of slavery it was a bestseller with more then 300,000 copies sold in the first year.he was and african american and was a slave. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator stephen Douglas of illinois wanted to encourage people to settle in the west. He sponsored the kansas-Nebraska Act which created the new territories of kansas and nebraska. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown left the territory. he appeared in virgina he led a group of 18 to 21 followers, -
lincoln's election
Lincoln only got 40% of the popular vote he had to earn majority in the electoral college he knew that was enough to win the election. -
secession of south carolina
South carolina the legislature called for a state convention to discuss leaving the Union. During the civil was however the northern states were known as the union.
