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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and had it patented in 1794. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was not undergroud, or a railroad. It was actually a group of people that had set up safehouses for the runaway slaves to that they could go to the north. more than 100,000 slaves had made it to the north in this time. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri CompromiseCongress decided to add Missouri as a slave state, but also added Maine as a free state in order to preserve the balance. This took a month to take place. -
Tariff of 1828 and nullification crisis
President Andrew Jackson increased the tarrif of British textiles, and the government soon made it possible for states to nullify any federal law deemed un constitutional -
Nat Turner's rebellion
Turner was a frican-American baptist minister who led a group of men to kill about sixty white men, women, and children. Nat and 16 of his conspiritors were captured and executed. -
Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot introduced the proviso to congress in order to finalize negotiations to end the Mexiccan-American War. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issues of slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act was a bill in 1854 that mandated "popular sovereignty" - allowing settlers to decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in the new states. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Stephan Douglas "battled" Abraham Lincoln in face to face debates to see who would get the spot of Illinois senator. They took part in 7 separate debates and people from all over the state came to watch. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
The U.S. military arsenal was a target of attack by abolitionists led by John Brown. He failed to win the battle and started tension between the North and South. -
Election of 1860
In april of 1860 the candidates for the political parties were chosen. Lincoln, bell, douglas, breckenridge. Lincoln won both the popular vote, and the electoral vote, making him president. -
secession of southern states
After Lincoln became president the south became scared that slavery would end. In response, =Thirteen southern states seceeded and became the confederation. They thought that the north would not attack and so they were determined to be their own country.
