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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes for new industries in the North. The increase in population led to this revolution. As American industries continued to industialize it created a factory-based economy for the North and a slavery-based economy for the South. -
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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point economically, politically, and socially for the United States. -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin is a machine that quickly and efficantly separates the cotton seeds from the fiber. This made the cotton gin more efficant and enabled one worker to clean as fast as fifty people by hand. This invention signifed the North's continued industrialization. -
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Sectionalism Timeline by Bianca Ralph
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This led African-Americans to notice the increasing division between the North and the South. -
The Tariff Act of 1828
Congress passed a very high tariif on manufactured goods from Europe. The South hated the tariff, but President Andrew Jackson refused to remove the tariff. -
The Abolitionists Movement
Abolitionism is a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal.After the 1830s, the United States was divided into two groups; people for or against slavery. Most people in the North wanted slavery to be abolished, while most Southerners need slavery. -
The Nullification Act
After the Tariff Act of 1828, Congress passes a new, lower tariff hoping the protest in the South would die down. But, it did not. This law basically means that if a state didn't like a law, they didn't have to follow it. The South liked the new tariffs, as South Carolina accepted it. -
Compromise of 1850
In an attempt to find a compromise and avoid issues with the North and South, Henry Clay introduced a series of compromises. Then the Fugative Slave Act was ammended and slave trade was abolished. This would hurt the South's economy. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decided whether or not they wanted to allow slavery in their territories. Kansas with slavery would repeal the Missouri Compromise which made slavery legal north of latitude 36°30°. This made the North very angry. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid was an attempt by a white abolitionist named John Brown to start an armed slave revolt with a U.S. arsenal. This caused many Sothern whites to fear a slave insurrection. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
The southern states were convinced that their entire lifestyle was based of off slavery and felt threatened by the election of President Abrahan Lincoln.
