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Invention of the Cotton Gin
In 1794 inventor Eli Whitney created a revolutionary device that pulled cotton seeds out of the cotton. Unfortunately copy cat companies and lawsuits made Whitney no money. You could also say that Eli Whitney started and ended the Civil War. -
Missouri Compromise
In early 1820 there were many debates about if new states should allow slavery so they came up with the Missouri Compromise.The Missouri Compromise said that Maine would enter as a free state and Missouri would enter as a slave state. Furthermore is said that in new states above 36 degrees 30 parallel that slavery was illegal. -
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The Tariff of 1828 and Nullification Crisis
In 1828 President John Quincy Adams enacted a tariff that was supposed to help pay for the War of 1812 and help Americas declining economy. However South Carolina decided that these tariffs were unconstitutional therefore null and void. This led to the Nullification Crisis a debate about if the states had the right to declare tariffs null and void.CheckThisOut -
Nat Turners Rebellion
In August 1831 a group of slave killed between 55 and 65 people in the largest and most violent slave rebellion ever. This group of slaves was led by Nat Turner.CheckThisOut -
The Liberator is Published
The Liberator was a Boston newspaper that advocated for the immediate release of all slaves in the United States. Of the 3000 people who read the paper 75% of them were African American. -
Wilmot Provisio
The Wilmot Proviso proposed that all slavery should be banned in the United States. The Wilmot Proviso was pushed aside and argued over for decades before the Civil War. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills passed to determine if they would allow slavery in the new territories acquired after the Mexican American War.CheckThisOut -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe was an abolitionist and was a leading cause of the Civil War. Her book was brutally honest about the conditions of slavery and how the slaves were treated. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a movement to free slaves over a series of "stops" they would hide and rest during the day and run at night. The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman who freed over 300 slave to freedom. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted slavery. This act also used the 36 degrees 30 parallel as a marker.CheckThisOut -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent political confrontations from 1854-1861.These arguments were about if they were to allow slavery in Kansas.CheckThisOut -
Fort Sumter is Fired Upon
In 1861 the Confederate Army forced the Union to surrender control of Fort Sumter in a grueling battle.
