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Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not within their territory. This was to go against the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The result of this led to the bleeding Kansas. -
The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin to increase the speed of removing seeds from cotton fiber. Thanks to this invention, cotton became America's leading export. -http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney -
Period: to
The Civil War