Civil War 1770-1832

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  • Quaker Abolitionist Movements

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    Prewar Northern Abolitionism and Emancipation

  • Slavery legal in all U.S. Territories

  • Vermont Abolishes Slavery

    Not yet a state, so not considered the first U.S. state to emancipate.

  • Pennsylvania Emancipates

    First U.S. state to officially emancipate.
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    Slaves Above Mason-Dixon Line Emancipate

  • Slavery Slowly Declining Up To 1790

  • The Cotton Gin

  • Fundamental North vs. South Divisions Begin To Develop

  • Missouri, A Slave State, Applies For Statehood

  • Economic Depression

  • Tariffs Become Major Division BTWN North And South

  • Henry Clay Promotes The Missouri Compromise

  • Tariff of Abominations

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    Theory of Nullification