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The invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney inveted the Cotton Gin was in the United States of America in 1793. This machine revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export.His invention offered Southern planters a justification to maintain and expand slavery even as a growing number of Americans supported its abolition. -
Tariff of Abominations
"Tariff of Abominations" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States.John C. Calhoun of South Carolina served as Representative, Senator, and Vice President. Calhoun resigned his position as Vice President to return to the Senate in 1832. -
Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 instituted a policy known as popular sovereignty in the Kansas Territory, allowing the settlers to decide by vote whether the territory would be admitted to the Union as a slave or free state. Happened in the US. -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. It took place in November 1860, in the United States.The issues and debates were significant and the results of the election changed American history. States rights, the role of slavery in the southern economy, the human rights aspects of slavery were all issues that faced the nation.
