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Causes and evens
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Eli Whitney & the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was a pioneer. Born in Westboro Massachusetss and his invention of the cotton gin. It was a tool that wove cotton faster than hands from slaved. After the invention and ability to mass produce cotton clothing, there became a high demand for it. -
Jackson & Nullification
Jaskcon was elected president in 1828. Through his presidency he was battling the south and there nullification. It was lead by his vice-President John C. Calhoun and ended in the compromise and helped with a attack. -
Compromise Tariff
The tariff was jacksons try to gain compliance from South Carolina in their refusal to pay taxes on cotton. The agreement was S.C. would have to pay taxes, If taxes were not being paid, then Jackson could send in the military to make them pay. This gave a presidential power to use. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This was an important acts passed by congress it was between the south slave holdy states and the north free states. It declared that all runway slaves must be brought back to their owners. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was fighting between the north and south in the migration to Kansas for admission to the United States. It was debated if Kansas would be a slave or free state. People moved in from the north and south to try to weigh the votes. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Dred Scott vs. Kansas trial a black man decided to fight for his freedom in court. He believed that he could not be held captive in a free state. This lead to a wild increase in putting free black citizens from the north slavery for life in south -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of Lincoln was what set off the South Carolina breaking away from the United Sates and the south wanting independence.These were out of the south's conviction that the election wasn't fair and two thirds of the population didn't want him to be president.
