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invention of the cotton gin
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this is the one invention that caused and ended the civil war. the reason is their were more slaves coming in. the more the slaves the angrier the north was. -
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Missouri compromise
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It was a u.s federal statute devised by Henry Clay. It regulated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the former Louisiana territory north of the parallel 30 degrees and 36 degrees north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of missouri. -
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the Liberator publication
click herewas an abolitionist newspaper founded by william Lloyd Garrison and isaac knapp in 1831. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
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it took place in south hampton. it helped free slaves. -
wilmot proviso
[click here](www.history.com/topics/wilmot-proviso)it was designed to eliminate slavery with in the land that was acquired after the Mexican war -
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underground railroad
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it was a path that slaves used to escape from. Over 100,000 slaves had escaped. -
the compromise of 1850
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senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on january 29,1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and south. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin publication
[click here](www.dictionary.com/browse/uncle-tom's-cabin)a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. it paints a grim picture of what life was like for the slaves.
