Slavery Unit - Agnes Belski

  • Louisiana Purchase

    828,000 square mine of land was sold from France to the United States of America in a treaty which is known as the Louisiana Purchase. This event was economic because the U.S. would be worth more because there was more land.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Made to balance of power in Congress between slave and free states. It was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This was a political and social event because this way 2 groups of political people would work together
  • Nullification Crisis

    South Carolina thought of the idea of a state not having to follow federal laws. This was a political event because it had to do with the making of laws.
  • Nat Turners Rebellion

    Nat Turner was a slave who got a group of other slaves that rebelled against the white people and killed about 60 white men, women, and chilldren. This was a social event because it was a fight between 2 races of people.
  • Cherokee Indian Removal

    Americans started killing and enslaving the Native American tribes and forced them into smaller lands designated for the Native Americans. This was a social and economic event because it was against a certain group of people and the americans used the Native Americans for their own use
  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    Mexico and the U.S. went to war over Meixcan territory. Mexico had lost over half of it's land which are the states from Texas to California. This event was economic because the U.S. could benefit from the land