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Invention of the cotton gin
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Invention Of Cotton Gin
The cotton gin helped lead the civil war by making it possible to produce more cotton, it increased profit huge in the south. They needed more workers so they used more slaves. -
Missouri Compromise
the missouri compromise was settling the question of slavery in the untied states for many years. It's repeal would bring about about conflict that lead to the civil war. -
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Missouri compromise
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Tariff of 1828 & nullification crisis
The Tariff of 1828 & nullification crisis lead to the civil war because they increased taxes on raw materials by 50% it impacted the economy on the south because they got materials outside of the united states. they all refused to pay taxes and Jefferson said they will pay taxes or he will call the troops. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
[to learn more!](http://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/turner.html0
Nat Turner's rebellion was one of the bloodiest and most effective. It ignited a culture of fear in Virginia that eventually spread to the rest of the South, dozens of whites were killed. -
Underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses. over 10,000 slaves went to a free state. The north was against it while the south really didn't mind it. -
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Underground Railroad
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Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. Soon after the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty. -
Compromise of 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
Uncle Toms Cabin Is Published
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” This made a huge impact on everyone. -
Bleeding Kansas
“Bleeding Kansas” was a fight over whether Kansas should be a free or slave state, a decision that erupted into a bloody Civil War, which consisted of lynching, bushwhacking, and burning. This controversy and violence was so large and out of control that it was impossible for federal authorities to contain it. Fifty-five men were brutally killed, defending their beliefs, but in the end Anti-slavery supporters prevailed and Kansas was accepted as a free state. -
Dred Scott Decision
. Dred Scott was a slave who, in the 1840s, chose to sue his master's widow for his freedom. He argued that his master, John Emerson, escorted him onto free soil in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory, and had legally even if he granted him freedom. -
Election of 1860
Presidential election of 1860 was the final straw for the Southerners. This election came down to Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Southerners supported Douglas because he supported the expansion of slavery west. Southerners despised Lincoln because they knew that he did not want slavery to expand west. -
Secession Of Southern States
[look here for more](www.historynet.com/secession) the secession of Southern States led to the establishment of the Confederacy and ultimately the Civil War. It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War.
