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The Invention of the Cotton Gin
Shortly after graduating from Yale, Eli Whitney moved south and created the revolutionary invention that is the cotton gin in just a short 7 months. (https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/eli-whitney/cotton-gin ) -
The Missouri Compromise
Following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, congress felt the need to make a policy to guide slavery in the new territory. A retched debate sparked when Missouri applied to be a statehood as a slave state. The Missouri Compromise came as a series of agreements to settle the debate.
( https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/trigger-events-civil-war )
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Tariff of 1828 and nullification crisis
confrontation between the South Carolina and the federal government in 1832-33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. The Resolution of the nullification crisis favored the federal government. In 1832 President Andrew Jackson sent armed forces to South carolina to collect the tariff duties.
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The Liberator
This was a anti-slavery book published by William Lloyd Garrison. He was a leader and a voice to the anti- slavery community.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
One of the largest slave rebellions in the united states and played an important role in the development of the slave society. His rebellion showed how vulnerable white slave owners were which lead to harsher codes on slaves. He was a spiritual leader among other slaves and belived he was chosen by god and sought to overthrow the entire system of slavery and liberate African Americans from white tyranny.
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Wilmot Proviso
Was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the mexican american war. Fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, Pennsylvania Congressman David Wilmot proposed his amendment to the bill. This enflamed the growing controversy over slavery, and helped bring out the formation of the Republican Party in 1854.
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Compromise of 1850
Divisions over slavery in territory in the Mexican-American War were resolved in the compromise of 1850. It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating the Utah and New Mexico territories, having slavery be determined by popular sovereignty. Also settling a texas -New Mexico boundary dispute, ending the slave trade in Washington D.C., and making it easier for southerners to recover fugitive slaves.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
This book is a very influential anti-slavery book. After its official publication in 1852, the book sold over 300,000 books its first year. ( http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/publication-uncle-toms-cabin ) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. Shortly after this act was passed, there was much violence that came in Kansas between the pro and anti-slavery settlers.
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Bleeding Kansas
A term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska act overturned the Missouri Compromise use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead using popular sovereignty. residents would determine if the area became a slave or free state.
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Brooks-Sumner Event
Charles Sumner, a senator and abolitionist, delivers a bitter, two-day speech called "The Crime Against Kansas" . A man named Preston Brooks from South Carolina thought that Sumner went to far and decided to savagely strike Sumner over the head time after time with a gold-tipped cane.
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Dred Scott Decisions
At the heart of the case the most important question was should slavery be allowed in the west. The supreme court issued a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into western territories. Thus by negating a doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the newly created Republican Party.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was a series of debates held over a span of 3 months. These debates were primarily about slavery. In the end of these extremely close, debate Douglas came out on top. however Lincoln came back in 1860 and won the presidential election.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debates) -
John Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry West Virginia. It was an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the instituation of slavery. John brown was raised in a calvanist and anti slavery family. His raid became an important impetus of the civil war.
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secession of Southern States
February 1861, the Confederate States of America was a republic composed of 11 southern states. These southern states seceded from the union in order to preserve slavery,state rights,and political liberty for whites. president Jefferson Davis, wanted a peaceful separation, but the the united states refused the secession. The war lasted four years, around 500,000 casualties and cost 5 billion dollars.
(http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/confederate-states-of-america) -
The Election of 1860
There were 4 canidates in this election. In the end Lincoln came out on top with 40% of the popular vote. A few weeks later South Carolina seceded from the union. -
Fort Sumter is fired upon
The fort had been a source of tension between the union and confederacy for several months. After South Carolina seceded on december 20, 1860 the state demanded the fort be turned over but the union refused. Negotiations failed after the confederates tried, so at 4:30 a.ml. on April 12 the confederates opened fire for 33 hours . No one died but 2 Union soldiers did when they fired a gun salute.
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a large network of people who aided those who were enslaved and were trying to gain freedom. Most of the people involved were African slaves themselves. Specific dates were unknown but it is known that operations took place in late 1800. ( http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad )
