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Creation of Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, in order to help speed up the production of cotton and to make it easier to do so. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson bought 828,000 square miles of land from France, and bought it for $15 million. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a law that the U.S Congress passed saying that Missouri will become a slave state to the Union while Maine becomes a free state. Slavery was also banned from the rest of the Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36 degrees. -
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American Industrial Revolution
America’s Industrial Revolution was a period in the 1800’s were America industrialized and invented. -
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Second Great Awakening
The 2nd Great Awakening was a period of renewed social importance of religion. -
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner, who was an enslaved men who started a rebellion of other enslaved people in August of 1831. His rebellion caused the death of at least 200 black people and stricter laws that constricted enslaved people even more in the southern states. -
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Nullification Crisis (President Jackson)
President Jackson threatened to hang South Carolina’s leader and take the army over to the state and force them to the tariff—during the nullification movement—because South Carolina did not like the new tariff on British goods and decided that they had the right to follow whatever laws they wanted to. In response, Jackson came down against nullification. -
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Mexican American War
The Mexican American War was a war between the US and Mexico that started due to the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845 -
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California Gold Rush
The California Gold rush started with the discovery of gold and that brought many of Americans to move to California. This discovery ended the Mexican-American days after the discovery. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 were 5 bills that were made in order to resolve slavery disputes over new territories that were added. Utah, Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada were to decide if they wanted to be a free or a slave state. The Fugitive Law was amended, making it easier for slave owners to recover runaways. This act also admitted California as a free state. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a novel written by Harriet B. Stowe. The book was an abolitionist’s book and achieved wide popularity. The book was a sensation; people in the north took o it up eagerly, white people in the south denounced it, and just possessing the book itself became dangerous. -
Frederick Douglass gives July 4th Speech
In Douglass’ speech on July 4th, Frederick Douglass sought not only to convince people of the wrongfulness of slavery but also to make abolition more acceptable to white Northerners. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a bill that Senator Douglas proposed in order to organize the territory of Nebraska (now known as the states of Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, and the Dakotas). This act raised the possibility that slavery would be able to be extended into territories that slavery had been previously banned.