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Cotton Gin
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/p/cotton_gin.htm The Cotton Gin was an invention created by Eli Whitney. This machine revolutionized the production of cotton. This also led to slave holders buying more slaves. -
Underground Railroad
The Undergrund Railroad was a network used by slaves during the 19th century to excape to free states and Canada -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise applies statehood for Missouri and Maine. The also split these two states as free and slave states. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat's rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place Southampton County, Virgina. The slaves led by Nat killed 55-65 people. This was the highest number of fatalities cause by a slave uprising. -
Nullification Crisis and the Tariff Of 1828
This was a crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. This also invloved South Carolina and the federal goverment. South Carolina declared that the Tariffs of 1812 and 1832 were unconstitutional. When the crisis was over both sides cliam victory. A tariff is a tax on goods imported from foreign countries. The purpose of the Tariff of 1812 was to provide more protection to the industialists and manufacturers in the North by increasing duties on imported good from Britian by 50%. -
Wilmot Proviso
http://www.history.com/topics/wilmot-proviso Wilmot Proviso was a plan to eliminate slavery to the new land acquired from the Mexican War. This anti slavery declaration reflected the national political situation. Although this was blocked by the Southern Senates this helped divided the nation even more. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four year political fight between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery supporters that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. -
Dred Scott Decision
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dred-scott-decision
This was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court held that African Americans could not be citizens. Also that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery. This decision gave the right to slave owners that they are allowed to move there slaves west. -
Lincoln and Dougalas Debate
The was a presidential debate that occured in 1858. Slavery versus free labor, popular sovereignty, and the legal and political status of black Americans were brought into sharp focus in a series of dramatic debates during the 1858 election. -
Secession of Southern States States
<a href='' >http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp</a> The Secession of the Southern States occured 3 months after Lincoln was elected president. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union. Several other states followed. -
Election Of 1860
This was the 19th presidential election. It was also the immediate outbreak of the civil war. The U.S had been dividing during the 1850s surrounding slavery and rights to slave owners. The Republican Party that was dominant in the north secured most of the votes. This was able to put Abraham Lincoln as President; with almost no Southern support. -
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Secession of Southern States
The first southern state to secede from the union was South Carolina. After that Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina followed after. Tennesse was last state.
