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Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman created the Underground Railroad . It was a network of secret routes and safe houses in the United States to help free African American slaves . Over 300 slaves were free from slavery . The routes were Northern US to Mexico , Canada and Caribbean Sea. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. The production of the cotton gin greatly sped up the process of removing seeds from the cotton. For the work he created he was considered as a pioneer American manufacturing. -
Missouri Compromise
Was passed to maintain the balance of power in congress between the slave and free states. Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state after it was admitted. It was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court 3 years later. -
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
Was the first tariff passed by congress to protect U.S. manufactured items from overseas. The nullification convention announced that the Tariffs of 1828 were unconstitutional and invalid within the state of South Carolina. The tariff benefited the American producers but decreased English demand of Southern raw cotton. -
The Liberator is published
Liberator was a newspaper and published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created to lead violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery. He met with delegates around the nation to form the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
It's known as the Southampton Insurrection. It was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. It was led by Nat Turner and the rebels killed about 55 to 65 people . -
Wilmot Proviso
He proposed an American law to prohibit slavery in territory from Mexico in the Mexican War. The propose amendment passed the House of Representatives and defeated in the Senate. The outbreak of the war banned slavery anywhere in the territory. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws passed: The Fugitive Slave Act was amended, slave trade in Washington, DC was abolished, an act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico. Henry Clay was a senator and introduced a series in revolutions to attempt to seek a compromise and prevent a crisis between north and south. -
Uncle Toms Cabin is published
It was a anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel changed how Americans viewed slavery and how the system treated the people as property. The conflict was between the evil of slavery and the good of Christian love. -
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman created the Underground Railroad . It was a network of secret routes and safe houses in the United States to help free African American slaves . Over 300 slaves were free from slavery . The routes were Northern US to Mexico , Canada and Caribbean Sea. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Was passed by the US Congress on May 30 ,1854. Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery. Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that divided the two territories, Kansas and Nebraska. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas decided whether it would be free territory or slave territory. It was a microcosm of violent forces shaping the U.S. The violent political confrontations in the U.S. was between anti-slavery and pro-slavery. -
Brooks-Sumner Event
Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech called, "The Crime Against Kansas", it's about abolishing slavery in the United States. Congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Sumner on the senate floor with a cane. The reason for beating him was because Sumner offended Brooks uncle. -
Dred Scott Decision
It was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law . Affirming the right of slave owners to take the slaves into the western territories . Dred Scott once was a slave taken to Illinois , a free state . -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
There were series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the US Senate, from Illinois and Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. They took their arguments directly to the people. The issues that were discussed were important to the conflict over the slavery and states rights. -
John Browns Raid on Harper's Ferry
It was a effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate armed slavery revolt by taking over United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry. They wanted to destroy the institution of slavery. It was the main spark to the American Civil War. -
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John Brown's Raid Harper's Ferry
It was a effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate armed slavery revolt by taking over United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry. They wanted to destroy the institution of slavery. It was the main spark to the American Civil War. -
Election of 1860
The votes of the Electoral College was split between Lincoln, Breckenridge, Bell, and Douglas. Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat Breckenridge, Democrat Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate Bell. -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
It was the first battle of the American Civil War. Confederate opened fire on Fort Sumter and Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor . -
Secession of Southern States
The four slave states of the upper South stated the secession and joined the Confederacy. The government of the US rejected the claims of secession and contemplated the Confederacy illegal. The secession of the Southern States led to the Civil War.
