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Invention of Cotten Gin
Eli Whitney patened the first cotton gin in 1794. The cotton gin was a machine that removed seeds quicker from the cotton. Making cotton the leading export in the 19th century. Also giving southern planters a justification to expand slavery. -
Missouri Compromise
Tensions between Ani-Slavery and Pro-Slavery came to an increasing higher rate creating an imaginary line between the former louisiana territory. -
Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
In 1828 the govenment had passed a high protective tariff, it infuriated many southerners because import trading became a higher price and benfiting the northerners -
The Liberator is Published
Teh liberator was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. -
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Wilmont Proviso
The wilmont Proviso was a treaty designed to eliminate slavery starting the mexican war (1846 -1848) -
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Wilmont Peoviso
A treaty designed to eliminate slavery -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was 5 laws that were passed dealing with slavery, amending the Fugitive Slave Act and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished, California enterd the union, making a boundary dispute between Texas and Mexico. -
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Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave whose owner, an army doctor, had spent time in Illinois, a free state, and Wisconsin, a free territory at the time of Scott’s residence. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln & Douglas debate was a series of 7 debates for State Senate from Illinois Lincoln Republican and Douglas Democratic -
