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Invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Its the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century , cotton had became America's leading export. -
Missouri compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed, the n later on it got repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska act -
Underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, many African American, offering shelter and aid to escaped slaves. The exact dates of its operation are not known, but it operated anywhere from the late 18th century to the Civil War. The Underground Railroad was formed as a convergence of various clandestine efforts at the time. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat was a black American slave who led the best slave rebellion. It Spread terror throughout the white South, his action set off a new wave of harsh legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of slaves and stiffened pro-slavery, anti-abolitionist convictions that persisted in that region until the American Civil War. -
The Liberator is published
The Liberator was a newspaper that was published weekly by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston.The Liberator was the most prominent abolitionist activity, it had been involved in the fight to end slavery for years prior to its publication. -
Tariff 1828 & Nullification Crisis
The convention declared that the tariffs were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. They said that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 called for the admission of California as a free state; the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law; popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico concerning the question of slavery and the federal assumption of Texas -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in reaction to recently tightened fugitive slave laws. The book had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north -
'Bleeding Kansas'
The Kansas Nebraska Act helped the people in the areas of Kansas and Nebraska. To decide whether or not, to allow slavery within their area.The Act was served as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery. -
Brooks-Sumner Event
It happened on the 22nd of may, in the United States Senate when Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Sumner, with a cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier where he criticized slaveholders including a relative of Brooks. The beating almost killing Sumner.It drew a sharply polarized response from the American public on the subject of the growth of slavery in the United States. -
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott decision, was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on the 6th of March, a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not entitled to his freedom that African Americans couldn't be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise, had declared free all territories west of Missouri was unconstitutional. The decision added stress to the sectional controversy and pushed the country closer to civil war. -
Lincon Douglas debate
In 1858, as the country moved ever closer to not a good union, two politicians from Illinois attracted the attention of a nation. From August until October, Douglas battled Abraham in many debates around the state. The prize they wanted was a seat in the Senate. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a war of ideas. Douglas took the challenge on. The debates were to be held at 7 locations throughout Illinois. The fight started and the nation watched. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry
John Brown led a small army into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia.He wanted to accomplish something. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would take the arms and ammunition in the federal arsenal, arm slaves in the area and move south along the mountains, attracting slaves . He had no escape idea ready. The plan was doomed from the very start. But it did divide the North and South. -
election of 1860
Lincoln held this election , which ended slavery in america. The southerners feared that this election would be there last hope. But it turned out good. -
secession of southern states
The election of 1860 was a turn year in our history. Seven southern states seceded from the Union right after the election of Lincoln. The South was convinced that Lincoln was going to end slavery, they where concerned how their life would have been. -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
The fort had been the cause of tension between the Union and Confederacy for many months. The fort was fired on , and everyone had to evacuate the following day.
