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Cotton GIn
The Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.When the cotton gin was invented people wanted alot more slaves to work them -
The embargo act
-stopped all trade with europe
-hurt american econmoy more than it hurt britian
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uncle toms cabin
-A anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
-Sol over 300,000 copies even President Abraham read it And said "So this is the little lady who made this big war."
-This novel had a huge influence on how america viewed slavery.
-Ms.Harriet stowe danced in the streets when President Abraham anouced slavery was over. -
Tariff of Abominations
The goal of the tariff was to protect industry in the northern United States from having to compete with European goods by increasing the prices of European products because imported goods were much cheaper than the ones that were made in the U.S. This made the U.S. to put a tax on imported goods. Because Americans were buying imported goods, people were going out of business. All of the money was going out, but none was coming in. -
The missouri Compromise
-Louisiana territory be pro-slavery or anti-slavery
-it would upset the delcate balance of free states and slave states
-Missouri applied to become a state
-carved out of the louisiana territory -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was created in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and opened new lands for settlement, and allowed the settlers to decide whether or not to have slavery. The new Republican Party reacted against allowing slavery where it had been forbidden, emerged as the dominant force throughout the North. -
Bleeding Kansas
When the U.S. was debating whether or not to abolish slavery, Kansas was about to become a state. The government decided to leave the decision of whether or not slavery would be legal or not up to the residents of Kansas themselves. People disagreed on it so much that a sort of mini civil war broke out all across Kansas. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case made it clear that with Southern Judges on the Supreme Court the issue of Slavery would never be settled and that any final solution for the Slavery Issue would have to come at the hands of the people. The Southern dominated Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott that N^groes were mere property, less than human, and had no rights, quite obviouslly the Supreme Court failed -
John Brown's Raid
-John Brown was a abolitionist.
-Mr.Brown believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the violent system of slavery.
-John Brown led an unsuccesful raid in Harpers Ferry. -
The Election
The election of 1860 was a four-man race led by Lincoln of the Republican Party, John Bell of the Constitutional Union Party, John Breckinridge of the Southern Democratic Party and by Douglas of the National Democratic Party. At stake during this election was the policy of slavery -- Southerners wanted the slave codes to be preserved whereas Northerners hoped to contain it. The Constitutional Union Party was not explicit on this issue, claiming that all issues would be resolved by the Constituti -
South Carolina secedes from the union
The North was economically different from the South. The Southern States did not believe that the federal government had their best interests in mind. One of these differences was the use of slaves on large plantations, but it's influence was minimal. A large part was the difference in industry, with the North's economy being largely based on manufacturing, and the South's on agriculture.
