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Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin, it helped produce cotton faster. Eli Whitney did not make any money on this invention. This invention increased the cost of slaves to around 1,000 Dollars. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay. It regulated slavery in the country's western territories by prohibiting the practice in the north, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.(http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise) -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Was a slave rebellion that took place in Virginia .Nat was a slave and the rebellion he mad killed white people about 60-100 whitle people died. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was put into order to end slavery in the new territories we won in the Mexican American War. Although the measure was blocked in the southern dominated senate it inflamed the growing controversy of slavery, it helped with the creation of the Republican Party in 1854. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 consisted of five laws passed that had to do with slavery. The compromise of 1850 created the Fugitive slave Act, the slave trade in Washington was abolished, California entered the union as a free state. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape form slavery. If a slave was found running away they would be beat up or killed. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a anti-slavery book by harriet beecher stowe. It was a important book because it changed forever how Americans viewed slavery. https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/ -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.The act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820. http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act -
Bleeding Kansas
Was a series of violent political confrontations between people who wanted slaves and people who did want slaves.There was a fight only 100 died and the free states won. -
Lincoln–Douglas Debates
Was a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.The most important debate they had was about slavery. http://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debates -
Election of 1860
United States presidential election of 1860 which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell -
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Secession of Southern States
After the Civil War four slave states (Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee) declared their secession and joined the confederacy.The government of the U.S. rejected the claims of secession and considered the confederacy a hoax.
