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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early-to-mid 19th century. Used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. -
invention of the cotton gin
is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. Allowing greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 created a modern mechanical cotton gin. It revolutionized the cotton industry in the united states, but also lead to growth of slavery in the american south as the demand for cotton workers rapidly increased. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the unorganized territory of the Great Plains, and permitted it in Missouri, and the Arkansas Territory. It was an effort by the u.s. senate and house of representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slave-holding states and the free states. The slave-holding states feared that if they became outnumbered they would lack the power to protect their interests in property and trade. -
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Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
After South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832–1837, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
It was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.
