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Invention of the Cotton Gin
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Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. This was because states wanted to keep a balance of power in congress. A new law was put in place that if a slave state was added to the union, a free state was required to be put in also. -
Compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state. But there was no admission of a slave state, so in turn, a new Fugative slave act was put in place. This made the Northern assist in the return of run-away slaves. This angered northerners, as they had to worry about something that didn't even occur in their part -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was a book written by Harriet Beeder Stowe, an abolitionist, which exposed the evil of slavery to the world. The book was a world-wide bestseller. One of the impacts of this was that Europe stopped trading with (south) America, because they realized that they were buying product from slavery. -
Kansas/Nebraska act.
This was an act passed by congress that stated the position of slavery in their states was to be decided upon by popular sovereignty. Basically, they didn't really care. -
Dred Scott case
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Lincoln . Douglas debates
This was a very important event. Abraham Lincoln did so well in the debates, that he set himself up to be the leader of the Republican Party. -
John Browns raid at Harpers Ferry, VA
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Election of 1860
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Attack on Fort Sumter
