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Invention of Cotton Gin
A machine Eli Whitney invented in 1793 for separating cotton from its seeds. It increased slave demands and was not profitable. The patent was granted on March 14, 1794. -
Missouri Compromise
["http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise"] Missouri requested to be a slave state. The compromise was to defuse the rivalries, they wanted a balance between slave, and non slave states. This request was granted and drew an imaginary line between the slave states and non slave states. -
Nat Turners rebellion
[http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner] Nat Turner was the only black slave who led an effective slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia in August of 183. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso, introduced by Democratic Representative David Wilmot on August 8, 1846, stated that slavery was now prohibited anywhere in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico. -
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The Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was a was a term used to describe the network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom in the northern states, or Canada. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published on March 20, 1852. The novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854 mandating “popular sovereignty" and allowing 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 was the brutal acts involving anti slavery free slaters, and pro-slavery personnel on the Kansas border. This outbreak happened because it was up to the people to decide if their state would be anti, or pro-slavery. -
Lincoln–Douglas Debates
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was a American presidential election held on November 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
Secession of Southern States
Four southern slave states – Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. The government of the United States (the Union) rejected the claims of secession and considered the Confederacy illegitimate. By June 8, 1861, all states were seceded.
