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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton Gin seperates the seeds from the cotton fiber. slaves used to hand pick the seeds before this invention This invention sped up the process of picking cotton , allowing slave owners to produce cotton quicker. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created to help maintain a balance between slave states and free states. They also didnt want toupset the balance of the free and slave states. Therefore , Missouri was named a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass , an American Slave
Fredrick Douglass was a slave during the 1800s. Fredrick learned how to read and write ,although it was illegal. He also attempted to escape and he succeeded after his fist try. Fredrick Douglass made people realize the capability of African Americans. -
Free-Soil Party
There was two people , pro-slavery and anti-slavery. The Free-soil Party was a political party. All the anti-slavery people created the Free-Soil Party for themselves and their views. -
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
harriet Tubman was a slave who escaped to the north . she constantly returned to the south to free other slaves. The Underground Railroad was a system created to hide slaves and help them escape. Harriet had $ 40,000 dollar wanted cash reward. -
Compromise of 1850
The people during this time fought to keep the number of slave states and free states balanced. California was admitted to be a free state. This compromise was the step where there was more free states than slave states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugative slave act was a teror to all free African Americans. Whites were being payed to capture you from the north and send you back to the south into slavery. No matter how long you were free, they could just assume. Whites werent seen to be wrong. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin shoed the hardships of a planation slave. Thebook changed how people saw slavery. people in the north spreaded the importance of the book. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was anither compomise. this act was opening new land decisions. the fight for slave states and frr states coninued. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was the nickname given to Kanasas. Abolitionists such as John Brown became violent. -
Dred Scott V. sandford
Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri. he tried to sue the courts about his freedom , which failed. The court said no because he was black. -
The Election of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The south hated Lincoln and the north loved him. Lincoln disagreed with slavery , so the south feared their slaves would be set free ,and they wont makes riches anymore. so the south and North fought which is the Civil war. -
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The Civil War
The Civil War was the fight between the Northern and southern states of the U.S. The south decided they did not want to be a part of the Northern states. So many lives were lost. Americans fought and killed eachother.
