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Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a rout of safe houses and secret tunnels used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States. In trying to escape to the free states and Canada people who felt bad became there allies. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This machine made production faster and easier. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was put forth by the Congress to stop the sectional and political rivalries started by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for permisson to have slavey in this state. -
The Liberator is Published
The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp in 1831. The Liberator was a mighty force from the beginning and became the most influential newspaper in the antebellum antislavery crusade. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia.Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people. This was one of the biggest up rising in the south. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a part to end slavery within the land which lead to the Mexican War (1846-48). After the war began, President James K. Polk tried the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to band the terms of a treaty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
The book had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery. It showed people what it was all about first hand. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months. -
Bleeding Kanasas
The Border War was a series of violent political fights in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery. That took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 made the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By this they created new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 , allowing white male settlers to come in these new territories. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott Decision In the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories. This case got fought and he eneded up winning thw whole thing. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and the incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas. Although Lincoln lost the debate, all the political attention launched him to national prominence, which at some point led to his election as the President of the United States. -
Election of 1860
1860 Election In the November 1860 election, Lincoln faced Douglas, who represented a heavily divided Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas was the only candidate during the election of 1860 that campaigned throughout the entire country. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 The Election was a quadrennial presidential. The electiontook place on Tuesday, and served for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
