Cotton gin

Invention of the cotton gin

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  • 1852 BCE

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is published

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  • Invention of the cotton gin

    In 1794, U.S - born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin. It's machine that revolutionized the production of cotton.The average cotton picker could remove the seeds from only about one pound of short-staple cotton per day. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion
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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered. In the years leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states.

  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad
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  • Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis

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    In November 1832 the Nullification Convention met.The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. The tariff was so unpopular in the South that it generated threats of secession.