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The Invention Of The Cotton Gin
Who: Eli Whitney
What:invented the cotton gin
Where:untied states
Why:to speed up the proccess of speration the seed from the cotton.
How:it showed compromise . it made the work easier for slaves. -
The Embargo Act of 1807
Who:Thomas Jefferson ,Usa, Britain ,France ,Congress
What:made all exports from the usa Illegal
When:1807
Where:United Staes of America
Why:If jefferson cut off exports to foreigns, he hoped they would give in
How:conflict- ither countires were dependent on the usa goods and raw material -
Missouri compromise
Who:the state of Missouri and the USA
What:Missouri was amitted as a state; everything about the 36'30 parallel was free and everything below was south
When:1850
Where; Missouri, United States
Why: to have a clear understanding of what was free and was were slave states
How: compromise because it settled the feud of which was which -
Compromise of 1850
who:Senator Henry Clay
What:attept to seek compromise and avert a crisis between north and south
When:january 29,1850
Where:across the usa
why:important because amended fugitive slave act.slave trade in DC was abolished
how:drew lines between north and south -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who:Harriet Beecher Stowe
What: a book about what was happening in the south
Where: The northern States
When:1852
Why:showed the northern states what was really going on in the south
How:confit showed how the north was blind -
Bleeding Kansas
Who; Kansas-Nebraska
What:overturning of the missouri compromise
Why:they didnt agree with the latitude of determining wether it was a free or slave state
Where:Kansa
When:1864-1861
How: Showed how the states all had there own opinion slavery -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
who:senator stephen A. douglas , us congress
what:allowed territories to decied whether slavery would be allowed in the new state
When:may 1830
Where:kansas-Nebraska
Why;may have been single most significant event leading to the civil war
How:served to repeat missouri compromise of 1820 which promoted slavery -
The Dread Scott Case
who:supreme court of us , African Americans ,Dread Scott
What:scott sued for freedom after owner died.He thought because has owner took him north into free territory for 4 years, that he was freed
Where:Illinois , Wisconsin
When:march 1857
Why:intensified national division over slavery
How:conflict with slaves given no rights -
John Browns Raid
who:john brown and his sons
what:tried to have slaves revolt against their owners
when:october -
The Election Of 1860
Who:Abraham Lincoln,John Breckonridge
What:lincoln,John,douglass all ran for president. Lincoln won.
Where:United states
why:caused south carolina to succed from the union
How:the election was so divided it showered how the nation was divided. Conflict. -
South Carolina Secedes from Union
Who; The South ; South Carolina
What:south Carolina would leave if lincoln won the elcection because they saw the end of slavery
When:1860
Where: South Carolina
Why: South Carolina the first to leave which caused other states to seced.
how:conflict