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First slaves come to colonies
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Cotton Gin
The cotton gins invented by Eli Whitney this machine could take the job of a bunch of men but it needed a lot of slaves to farm all the cotton -
slavery came to an end in parts of north
Slavery ended in the north from NE to Penn. this made the south worry because they wanted slaves -
Missouri Compromise
Slavery was allowed below a certain line south -
Tariff on importad goods
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American Colonization Society
liberia -
Underground Railroad
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Nat Turner Revolt
Nat turner was an escaped slave that lead a rebellion -
NE Anti Slavery Society
The New England Anti slavery society was a group of men who formed this society to try and ban slavery -
Fredrick Douglas Escaped
F.D. escaped to New England and gave many speeches about slavery that moved people to tears. Influenced people to join the fight. Went across US and Britain to speak. -
Annexation of Texas
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Wilmot Proviso
the idea that all land won from Mexico should be free -
New lands added
the Mexican war added new lands to the US and again there was debate -
Mexican American War
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CA slave state debate
A debate over if California should be a slave state or a free state -
Free-soil party
the free-soil party was formed -
Fugitive Slave Act
the FSA of 1850 helped catch runaway slaves if you let a slave go you would be fined/jailed and the FSA sent slaves to court but since judges got more money for sending slave back to south they did that more -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 had five parts, Cali enter union as free state, divided the rest of the Mexican session into NM and U used popular sovereignty, ended slave trade to Washington D.C congress said they didn’t have the power to ban the trade into other sates, included fugitive slave act -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the rough life as a slave in the south caused people in north to join the fight -
stephen douglas Kansa-Nebraska Act
Stephen doula's bill the Nebraskan-kansas act was to let the people in the territory vote for if they wanted slave or no slave (popular soveirighty) -
Nebraskan and Kansas Territory
Jan. 1854 Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill to set up a go in Nebraskan territory he proposed the nebraskan territory be split into Nebraska and Kansas -
Kansas law maker election
one proslavery man won and one antislavery man won started crisis in the law place -
Violence starts
proslavery men raided town of Laurence antislavery place and wrecked it in return John Brown and others to Pottawatomie Creek and dragged 5 proslavery men out of their beds and murdered them -
Dred Scott Case
court said that since died Scott was an enslaved African American he could file a lawsuit even though he was living in a free state also court said the the Missouri compromise didn't have the right to ban slavery because it was uncost -
Abraham lincoln elected
The election of Lincoln split the nation in half because the south believed that Lincoln didn't want slavery -
Civil War
A war over slavery between the North and South -
The Confederate States of America
a group of southern states left the Union and set up the CSA -
Attack on Fort Sumter
after the nation sail and the south created the CSA they Attacked a union fort in South Carolina called fort Sumter at this battle the CSA heard that the Union was running out of supplies so they attacked and after a while the union ran out of ammunition and had to surrender