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Eli Whitney Patens the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney is best known for this creation and this was one of the key inventions of industrial revolution and improved U.S. production of cotton -
Nullification Crisis
United States sectional crisis which involved the confrontation of South Carolina and the Federal government -
Annexation of Texas
Republic of Texas voluntarily asked to be part of United States, and they did so, but Mexico warned U.S. that they would declare war if they did so. -
Spot Resolution
James K. Polk told congress the exact "spot" where blood shed on american soil. He would then declare war with mexico. -
Mexican American War 1846-1848
James K. Polk was president during this war. It was an armed conflict between mexico and u.s, resulting in U.S. victory and land gained. -
St. Patricks Battalion
Led by John Riley, a unit of 175 nor more immigrants that fought for the Mexican Army against the U.S. in the Mexican American War in 1846-48 -
Rio Grande
The boundary between Texas and Mexico defined by James K. Polk, where the dispute for Texas took place. -
Wilmot Proviso
This treaty made for all land gained by mexico to be free of slavery. James K. Polk made 2 million dollars to go with this treaty to negotiate the terms of this treaty. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
James K. Polk still affiliated during this time,this treaty successfully ended the Mexican American War and made for U.S. gain 520k square miles of land. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty, signed in February of 1848, officially ended the Mexican American war and added 525,000 square miles to U.S. territory. Present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming was gained after this treaty. -
Harriet Tubman
AKA Moses, a former slave that played the role of an armed scout and spy for U.S. Army during the Civil War -
Underground Railroad
A network of secret routes for African American slaves to escape into Free states during the mid 19th century -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise was a political confrontation between slave and free states to decipher the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). -
Fugitive Slave Act
Passed on September of 1850, A law that made for Fugitive/ Runaway slaves to return to southern soil if caught. This was part of the compromise of 1850 -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anti slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stow and was sought to "lay the groundwork for the Civil War" and even sold more copies than the Bible in the year of 1852 -
Gadsden Purchase
A 29,670-square-foot piece of land acquired by the U.S. from Mexico by this treaty signed by James Gadsden in 1853. -
Formation of the Republican Party
Formerly known as the Whigs, a meeting that took place on March 20, 1854 by anti-slavery Whigs discussed a new formation of a party. Thus creating the Republican Party -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent Political disagreements between anti and pro slavery representatives between 1854-1861 -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act signed by Congress made for citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether they were able to allow slavery or not. -
Ostend Manifesto
A document that suggested that U.S. purchase Cuba from Spain and implied that the U.S. should declare war with Spain if they refused. -
Caning Of Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner two days after his firey speech " The Crime Against Kansas." -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott attempted to fight for his freedom in the U.S supreme Court but he was viewed as property because he was a slave. The court found that no black ,free or slave could claim U.S. Citizenship -
"House Divided" Speech
Before his presidency, Abraham Lincoln gave this speech where he stated his famous quote "a house divided against itself cannot stand." -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
A series of debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the seat in U.S. Senate -
Harper's Ferry Raid
Led by John Brown, an armed abolitionist who felt strongly against slavery, so strongly that he took a U.S. arsenal and led a slave revolt in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. October,16-18, 1859 -
Election of 1860
Republican Abe Lincoln beat other candidates and his election would then lead to South Carolina to secede from the Union
