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Second great awaking
The Protestant religion brought many reform movements -
Creation of cotton gin
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin in order to produce cotton faster. -
Louisiana purchase
America bought land from France in order to expand westward. -
Missouri compromise
Missouri and Maine were created at the same time in order to keep a balance of free and slave states. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Turner used violence to free slaves -
Nullification crisis
South Carolina refused to pay taxes on oversea goods. -
Mexican American War
America is trying to expand into Mexico -
California gold rush
Gold was found in California, causing a rush of settlement. -
American industrial revolution begins
America begins to shift from manual labor to industrial labor. -
Uncle Toms cabin was written
This book described slave treatment, and brought into question if slavery was morally right -
Kansas Nebraska act
Kansas and Nebraska were both created in order to keep the balance of free and slave states -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent attack happened because Kansas was a slave state. -
Attack on Charles Sumner
Sumner was belated with a cane as a result of his beliefs on slavery. -
Dred Scott v. Stanford
Scott tried to sue former slave holder -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown started a slave revolte -
Election of 1860
Lincoln was elected, and he had different views on slavery -
Southern Seccssesion
The south tried to become their own state. -
Shots fired at Ft Sumter
This was the official start of the civil war