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May 19, 828
the tariff of abominations
was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. Enacted during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, it was labeled the Tariff of Abominations by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy. -
May 29, 854
bleeding kansas
Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861. -
the invention of the cotton gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney (1765–1825). Whitney applied for a patent on October 28, 1793; the patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807. -
the missouri compromise
Henry Clay.They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. -
the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was involved in this. Abraham Lincoln faced off against democratic senator Stephen Douglas in many debates that focused on the issue of slavery during the 1860 senatorial campaign.it happen in the united state. it was important because of The issues and debates were significant and the results of the election changed American history. States rights.