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Industrial Revolution
America, especially the north, created tons of new factories and other means of producing products in faster and more efficient ways, and this started the industrial revolution. -
The Second Great Awakening
Many people conjugated in the wilderness for a religious awakening, basically an event to convince people to join christiantity. -
Creation Of The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created a machine called a cotton gin that helped in making cotton. -
Louisiana Purchace
A land deal that resulted in Thomas Jefferson buying about 827,000 miles of land west of the Mississippi river -
Missouri Compromise
A compromise to try and save peace between slave states and free states. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led a gang of black people and white abolitionists in killing about 55 pro-slavery people. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina tried to avoid the state Tariffs of 1832, and this led Andrew Jackson into the Nullification Crisis. -
Mexican / American War
Complications around where exactly the border is between Mexico and Texas. -
California Gold Rush
People learn there’s gold in California, so everyone rushes to the west coast to see if they can get themselves any. -
Compromise oF 1850
The compromise of 1850 was basically 5 bills passed to attempt at keeping slave states and free states at peace with each other. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Stowe writes a story regarding a black man’s experience in slavery and it catches many people’s attention. -
Kansas / Nebraska Act
This act allows the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is the name of the time when many abolitionists in Kansas were attacking and threatening pro-slavery politicians all over Kansas. 55 people died -
Attack on Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks, an anti-abolitionist, attacks Charles Sumner, an abolitionist, with a walking cane. -
Dred Ccott vs Sanford
The supreme court decides that under the Constitution, no african americans can be american citizens. -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown organizes a slave revolt in which him and about 22 people took over an arsenal. -
Election Of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860. -
The Southern Succession
This is basically another name for the Civil War. The north wins and slavery is abolished in the whole country! -
Shots Fired at FT. Sumter
This was the official start of fighting in the American Civil War. Union troops (northern troops) stationed at Ft. Sumter in South Carolina were attacked by the South Carolina militia. Union troops lost and surrendered the fort to the Confederate militia.