The Events Before the Civil War

By Mrs. Taylor's Class
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    The Events Before the Civil War

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

  • Missouri Compromise Passed

    A law passed in 1820 that sparked tensions with the North asn South about Slavery. It let Maine be a free state and kept balance in Congress.

  • John Calhoun, "State has right to secede"

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner rebelled against his owners, killing the owner's family, and leading a rebellion, and was later hung for rebellion.

  • Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Required Nothern states to return runaway slaves. Most ignored it and helped slaves anyway.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    A novel by Harriet Tubman that helped the nation see slavery as evil.

  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    Allowed each state to decide whether they would be a free state or a slave state.