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Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber ( not validated until 1807.) -
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Underground Railroad
he Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early-to-mid 19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free lands up north. -
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
This ordinance declared, by the power of the State itself, that the federal Tariff of 1828 and the federal Tariff of 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. HEY, CHECK ME OUT! -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. -
The Liberator is published.
Liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. ( WATCH ME!!!!!!!!)[http://www.ushistory.org/us/28a.asp] The -
Wilmot Proviso
proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War CLICK! -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Arthur Shelby is a Kentucky farmer who is gonna loose is farm. He has to sell two of his slaves to keep it running. This book tells of Uncle tom ans Henry's ( the two slaves) escape. CLICK ME -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
Secession of Southern States
Convinced that their way of life, based on slavery, was irretrievably threatened by the election of President Abraham Lincoln, the seven states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas) seceded from the Union during the following months. -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
