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Invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, this was a machine that helped production of the cotton by speeding up the process. Cotton had became America's leading export. The bad thing about this is that caused southern planters to expand slavery even tho Americans supported its abolition.(http://bit.ly/1mP3yDE) -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was an effort by congress to defuse the selection and political rivalries triggered by the reaves of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
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The Liberator is published
The liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Garrison in Boston Massachusetts. William was born in Newburyport Massachusetts in December 1805. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Liberator-American-newspaper -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Was a slave rebellion that took place in the Southampton, country, virgina during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising in history. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner -
Tariff of 1828 & nullification Crisis
The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 were unconstitutional and ceable within the state of south Carolina after February 1, 1833.In November 1832 the Nullification convention met. http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/36974 -
Wilmot Proviso
This man proposed an American law that banned slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican war. The conflict over the Wilmot proviso was one of the major events leading to the American civil war. http://www.history.com/topics/wilmot-proviso -
Compromise of 1850
Senator henry clay introduced a serious of resolutions on January 29,1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and south. As a part of the compromise of 1850 the fugitives slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C was abolished -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
This is an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. This novel was published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork civil war , according to Will Kaufman. Originally published: March 20, 1852. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published -
Undergorund Railroad
The underground railroad was a secret route and safe houses established in the united states during the late 18th century by Harriet Tubman, she saved many lives. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad -
Bleeding Kansas
Border wars was a series of violence political confrontations in the united states between 1854 and 1861 involving anti-slavery and pro slavery. Border Ruffian or southern elements in Kansas. http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was passed by the U.S congress on May 30,1854. It allowed people in territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery within their borders. http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act -
Brooks-sumner Event
The caning Sumner, or the Brooks-Sumner affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the united states senate when represented Preston brooks attacked senator Charles Sumner an abolitionist. -
Dred scott Decision
Dred scoot legal case in which the U.S supreme court ordered on march 6 1857, ruled that slaves who had resided in a free state and territory could be free. http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas. Not only did they discuss slavery but also touched deeper question that would continue to influence political discourse. http://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debates -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
This man lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry. The point of this was to destroy the intuition of slavery. He was born in Connecticut in 1800. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the U.S. This was such a big deal because he was the first republican to win the presidency. He received only 40 percent of the population vote. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president -
Secession of Southern States
After the civil war began in April, four slave states of the upper south also declared their secession and joined the confederacy. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession -
Fort sumter is fired upon
The American civil war begins when confederates fire on fort Sumter in Charleston harbor in South Carolina Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of first shots of the civil war(1861-65) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fort-sumter-fired-upon
