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The Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. He invented it to help remove cotton seeds from the cotton. His initial thought was to reduce slavery but it increased it. -
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The Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was not underground or a railroad. It was a path made for enslaved african-americans to escape the the northern states where slavery was abolished. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad -
The Missouri Compromise
On March of 1820, the states came to an agreement to allow missouri to be a slave state under the circumstance that any state in the Louisiana purchase north of the 36 parallel cannot be a slave state. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's led a rebellion along with 70 other enslaved and free blacks. It didn't end well for them as all of them including Nat Turner were killed during their rebellion. http://http//historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6811/ -
The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp started the weekly newspaper known as The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper in 1831. The first issue was released on January of 1831. http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-liberator/ -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was made to eliminate slavery in the territory of Mexico as a result of the Mexican War. Soon after the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty. -
The Compromise of 1850
In the Compromise 1850 divisions over slavery in territory gained in the Mexican-American War were resolved. The laws of the compromise made California a free state and made Utah and Mexico territories. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a name for a period of violence during the settlement of the Kansas territory due to half of the population supporting and half against slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court about whether freed or enslaved african-americans can become american citizens. The decision declined the authority for them to become american citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. They discussed the conflict of slaveries, and questions that would continue to influence political discourse.
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
A white wealthy abolitionist named John Brown decided to try to end slavery on his own. He went to the slave states and took over plantations and killed the slave owners and freed the slaves. Eventually he went to a armory and attempted to take over, but him and his crew were killed. -
Presidential election of 1860
The presidential election was held on November 6th,1860. The politicians running were, Abraham Lincoln, John Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln came out on top and won the election. This raged the south because they knew he would want to abolish slavery.
