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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada. LEARN MORE HERE! -
Invention of Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney made the Cotton Gin to make it easier to get the seeds out of cotton. Nobody agreed with this because it made it easier for slaves and anybody could make this machine. It help start the war because it made it easier. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a proposal from congress to make a Missouri a slave state. During this time the United States consisted of 22 states divide evenly upon free and slave states. -
Tariff of 1828 and Nullification Crisis
During Andrew Jackson's presidency, South Carolina declared the tariffs of 128 and 1832 to be unconstitutional and considered them invalid. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
A slave rebellion that took place in Virginia. Nat Turner was the leader of this rebellion it was the largest and deadliest slave uprising in History. -
Wilmot Proviso
A proposed and rejected law to ban slavery in territory won in the Mexican War . -
Compromise of 1850
In September 1850 five laws were approved that related to slavery. The fugative slave act amended and slave trade was abolished in DC. California entered the US as a free state, territorial government was created in Utah and in New Mexico. -
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"Bleeding Kansas"
It was a small civil war in the US fought between pro-slavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory for what is called Kansas. CLICK HERE -
Dred Scott Decision
On this day in 1857 the Supreme Court passed a law allowing slave owners to take their slaves into the western territories. Dred Scott was a slave who claimed he should be freed since his master moved to a northern state that did not allow slavery. The court denied him of freedom. -
Lincoln- Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas had a debate around the state to get the Senate seat. -
Election of 1860
Democrats met in Charleston, North Carolina and voted for their next president. LEARN MORE! -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
Major Robert Anderson refused that forts must be required Negotiation or force. Guns then fired. CLICK HERE FOR MORE
