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The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber. Invented by Eli Whitney ,it was an important invention because it reduced the amount of time it took to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber.
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Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states.
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Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
Confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
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The Liberator is Published
The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper. It was founded by William Loyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp. It continued to be published in Boston for the next 35 years. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21.
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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. Learn More -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who helped escaped slaves on their way to freedom in the northern states or Canada. Learn More -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
This novel shows the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as terrible as enslavement of humans.
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was also referred to as bloody Kansas. It was also called the border war. It was a set of violent confrontations with "Free" and "Slave" states. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a controversial ruling the supreme court made in 1857. A slave wanted to be a free man on the terms that he lived for a while with his master in a "free territory" -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was a series of debates that were between Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas. They were both campaigning for the election. -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell
