Civil War

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  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad
    1780-1862
    The Underground Railroad helped in the escape of thousands of slaves, one estimate being that at least 100,000 slaves escaped between 1810 and 1850. People involved in the Abolitionist Movement also helped in the escape of the slaves.
    [click here!](www.historynet.com/underground-railroad)

  • Invention of the cotton gin

    Invention of the cotton gin
    When the cotton gin was made the demand for cotton rised and so did the demand for slaves.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise is the congress's way to defuse the sectional and political rivalries which was triggered due to the request of Missouri in late 1819 to admission as a state that allowed slavery. This threatened the balance of slave-free states and slave states.
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  • The liberator is published

    The liberator is published
    The liberator is a newpaper the was made by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. [click here for more](www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp)

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    Nat Turner's rebellion also known as the "Southampton Insurrection"
    was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, him and his buddies went around and killed up to 55 to 65 people making it the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. click here

  • Wilmont Proviso

    Wilmont Proviso
    The Wilmont Proviso was a proposal to ban slaves.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    A attempt to compromise with the north and the south. [click here for more](https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
    This book helped others have empathize with enslaved characters. It created problems when it was published. [click here for more](www.nydailynews.com/.../book-start-civil-war-uncle-tom-cabin-testament-power-culture)

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    A very crucial event that led up to the Civil Warclick here for more

  • Secession of Southern States

    Secession of Southern States
    1860-1861
    A series of events extending from Dec. 20, 1860 to July 8 1861 is when the 11 states of the south severed their ties with the Union.

  • The election of 1860

    The election of 1860
    the election was with Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. click here for more

  • fort sumter is fired upon

    fort sumter is fired upon
    Fort sumter was attacked by the confederates.[click here for more](www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fort-sumter-fired-upon)