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Invention of Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a machine designed to remove cotton from its seeds.The cotton gin made the cotton industry of the south explode. Eli Whitney invented this. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other. It showed conflict because congress tried to punish the British. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise, in 1820, was a measure hammered out in Congress to find a way to determine whether slavery would be legal in new territories admitted as states to the Union. Its a compromise because they're trying to decide to have slaves or not. First attempt to find some solution to the issue of slavery. -
The Tariff of Abominations
The Tariff of Abominations was the name given to the Tariff of 1828 by outraged southerners who felt the tax on imports was excessive and unfairly targeted their region of the country.Abominations prompted John C. Calhoun to anonymously write essays setting forth his theory of nullification, in which states could ignore federal laws -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriett Beecher Stowe had a deliberate goal: she wanted to portray the evils of slavery so a large part of the American public could easily relate to the issue. There had been an abolitionist press operating in the United States for decades, publishing passionate works advocating the elimination of slavery.While the plot of the book kept readers in the 1850s turning pages, Stowe was delivering some very forthright political ideas. For instance, Stowe was appalled by the Fugit -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas refers to the time between 1854-58 when the Kansas territory was the site of much violence over whether the territory would be free or slave. However, the Constitution died. Kansas eventually entered the Union in 1861 as a free state. It was conflict because people fought over it. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was devised as a compromise. It was hoped it would reduce tensions and perhaps provide a solution to the slavery issue. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a major step on the road to Civil War. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Decision was one of the most important and controversial Supreme Court cases in American history, and it was a major milestone on the road to the Civil War. Chief Justice Roger Taney declared that black Americans, regardless of whether they were free or slaves, were not citizens and had no rights under the Constitution. It was conflict because they said blacks had no rights, blacks were furious. -
John Browns Raid
John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures of the 19th century. During a few years of fame before his fateful raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Americans either regarded him as a noble hero or a dangerous fanatic. Brown became a martyr to those opposed to slavery. And the controversy over his actions and his fate helped stoke the tensions that pushed the United States to the brink of Civil war. This is conflict because he fought for what he believed. -
South Carolina secedes from Union
Abraham Lincoln, southern states began to make more serious threats to secede.They felt like they had no part in the union so they left. The declaration from South Carolina also referred specifically to the election of Abraham Lincoln, stating that his "opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery." This is conflict. -
The Election of 1860
Secession was the act by which a state left the Union. The Secession Crisis of late 1860 and early 1861 led to the Civil War when southern states seceded from the Union and declared themselves a separate nation, the Confederate States of America.
South Carolina was the first state to suceed.
