illustrated Timeline

By kyam_vaughn

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin

    (Info)- It was invented by Eli Whitney, and the Machine was used for removing the seeds from the coton fiber. (Where was this invented)- United States of America. (How did this show compromise or conflict)- it played a role in the conflict uprising of the Civil War.

  • The Embargo Act of 1807

    (Info)- A law passed by U.S Congress and signed by Thomas Jefferson. The Law prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign parts.

  • The Missouri Compromise

    (Info)- It was an effort to reserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states. Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. (Who was involved)- Henry Clay

  • The Tariff of Abominations

    (Info)- this was a protective tariff passed by U.S. It was designed to protect industry in the northern United States. (Who was the Invloved)- President John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and John C. Calhoun (Where did it happen)- In the south, South Carolina (How did this event show compromise or conflict)-

  • The Compromise of 1850

    (Info)- Senator Hnery Clay wanted to seek a compromise between North and South. With the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was ameneded and the slave trade in D.C was abolished.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    (Info)- It is an anti-slavery novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was Known for "laying down the ground work for the Civil War".

  • The Kansas- Nebraska Act

    (Info)- It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    (Info)- Bleeding Kansas is a series of violent events that took place during the settling of Kansas territory

  • Dred Scott Case

    (Info)- Dred Scott was a slave who was taken to a free state by his owner. After the slave owner passed, Dred Scott felt that he was and should be a free citizen. This was a factor in the causing of Civil War.

  • John Brown's Raid

    (Info)- For a period of two days, John Brown, and a small army of 18 men raided the small town of Harper Ferry, Virginia. He ran through the town arming slaves to join his act in rebellion against slavery.

  • The election of 1860

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