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Jan 1, 1500
Triangle Slave Trade
This was the trade of slaves from England, to Africa, Over to America and the Carribean. At the early period the largest presence of slave were in the sugar plantations Central America. This is the very start of the slaves presence in the United States. This went on from the early 1500-1700 -
Slaves Instituted in the United States
Slaves were brought to the United States as a replacement for Indentured servants. This was the beginning cause to the divide of the States and the lead to the Civil War.
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North West Land Ordinance of 1787
This law passed organized the territory separation in the west and the government structure. This also banned slavery in the northwest. This would lead to the conflict between the North and South, for example the unbalance of slave and free states.
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Industrial Revolution
This is separated the North and the South. The north became industrial, building factories and becoming the manufacturing hub of the United States. The south became the agricultural center of the U.S, needing slaves for tending fields and running crops.
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a device used to sperate the seeds from the cotton fibers. This invention increased cotton production, leading to increase of slave labor.
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Missouri Compromise
This was created involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
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Jonh C. Calhoun's Doctrine
John C. Calhoun, a Norht Carolina congressman, voted for slavery and against the Missouri Compromise. He introduced the idea of nullification. (The idea that if a state disagrees with a federal law, it can choose to ignore it.)
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Jonh Deere's invention of the Steel Plow
This invention made plowing and tending fields far easier than ever bofore. This lead to the mass production of cotton fields in the south, which slaves tended to.
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the thought that the United States had a duty to expand west to spread government and religoin. This thought would lead to the U.S to gain more territory, causing further debate on the balance of "slave power" in government.
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Mexican War Begins
The Mexican War helped the United States gain more territory further disputing whether the new territory will become slave states or free states.
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Fugative Slave Act
The Fugative Slave act permited any american to catpure any slave and return him to the south. This raised the norths fear of " Slave power conspiracy".
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Raid of Harper's Ferry
This is the death of John Brown, a man who thought himself as a man of god viewing himself as needing to rid slavery of the west. one of his acts of cleansing, he killed five pro-slavery family members with broadswords at there farmhouse.
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Lincoln as President
President Lincoln gives his first inagural speech after his first election. His election brought tension in the south due to the fact that he was unregistered in the southern ballot and still was elected president.
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The Attack of Fort Sumpter
The Conderate Army attacked Fort Sumpter, leading to the begining of the Civil War...the war on slavery. This event lead to the death of hundereds of thousands of people fighting for the freedom of slaves.
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