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invention of the Cotton Gin
the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney as a way to get the seeds out of cotton.The kind of cotton cost less and the farmers could and plant more.this effected the country because it caused an increase in slave purchases to help take care of the crops. -
compromise of 1850
By 1849, there were 15 new free states and 15 slaveholding states.When california asked to join the Union, the balance of power became a concern once again. -
fugitive slave Act
One part of the compromise of 1850 was the fugitive slave law. The law required Northerners to help capture escaped slaves and return them to slaveholders in the south. -
Kansas-Nabraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglas of illinois wanted to encourage people to settle in the west. in 1854,he sponsored the kansas-nebraska act. -
uncle tom's cabin
By 1852,it was impossible for Northerners to avoid the discussion of slavery.In that year,Harriet Beecher Stowes novel uncle tom's cabin was published -
Dreads scott case
scott could not file a lawsuit because african americans were not citizens.The U.S. congress had no right to outlaw slavery in a territory. -
John Brown's Raid
Brown led a group of 18 to 21 followers, both african american and white, on raid of the federal arsenal in harpers ferry.b rowns plan was to give the weapons to the slaves. -
Lincoln's Election
recevide only 40 percent of the popular vote.however he earned a majority in the electoral college,the southerners was very upset. -
Secession of south carolina
In 1860, all the delegates voted that the union now subsisting between south carolina and other states was ended.
