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First Slave Ship Arrival
Arrival of the first slaves made way for the peculiar institution of the south and many bloody debates over the issue. -
Invention of Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which separates cotton and seeds making slave demand higher preserving it -
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Abolition Movement
Had prominent figures such as Fredrick Douglas and Grimeke sisters that opposed slavery on moral grounds. -
Slave Trade Ban of 1803
Cease importation of slaves in countries building up to emancipation -
Missouri Comprise
Divided north and south in half with slaves in the south and free in the worth -
Founding of Liberia
Founded as a place to return slaves to Africa -
Underground Railroad
Slave escape network -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Slave Revolt that got planters scared of an uprising -
Compromise of 1850
Series of bills passed that appeased both sections temporarily with California as a free state and fugitive salve act -
Fugitive Slave Act
Forced people go return run away slaves even if they didnt believe in it or were in the north -
Uncle tom's Cabin
Book written by woman talking about the brutal treatment of slaves made south angry. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This bill would give popular sovereignty to the territories that were undecided on slavery. -
Brooks Attacks Sumner
Senators brawl over states rights -
Dred Scott Case
Decided slaves could not sue regardless of time in north. Nullified Missouri compromise -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Senate Race debates that boost Lincolns popularity -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Slave rebellion that almost sparked a slave uprising -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln elected south Carolina secedes with other states as well -
Bleeding Kansas
Southerns invade popular sovereignty states to get desired results -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed Slave sin rebel territory by executive order -
13th Amendment
Freed all slaves in all places of US under constitution -
14th amendment
ensured equal protection for all citizens black or white -
15th amendment
cannot deny right to vote based on skin color -
Compromise of 1877
informal end of reconstruction -
Rosa Parks
Bus Boycott that would prompt large scale civil reform -
I Have a Dream
March on Washington was a key development in civil rights cause -
Assassination of King
King was made a martyr for civil rights and proved his effectiveness
