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Events leading to civil war
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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invented the cotton gin. Made clothes easier to make. Cotton became king. Do to the cotton gin more slaves necessary to keep the plantantions running. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was when states tried to enter the union but they got an ultimation become a slave state or free state -
Fugitive Slave Act
The law required northerners to help capture escaped slaves and return them to slaveholders in the south. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe's book told the story of an enslaved African American named Uncle Tom who is at the mercy of the brutal slaveholder Simon Legree. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
In these territories, popular sovereignty would be used to determine the issue of slavery. The settlers would vote whether to allow slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott could not file a lawsuit because african americans were not citizens. But the congress had no right to outlaw slavery. -
John Brown's Raid
Weapons and ammunition were stored at the arsenal. Brown's plan was to give weapons to enslaved african americans to start a slave rebellion. -
Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln received 40 percent of the vote. However he earned majority in the electoral college. Southerners would fear the worst in the election. -
Secession of South Carolina
They planned to leave to the union which effected northeners.
