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Cotton Gin
This was impotant because you could now "clean" up to 50% more pounds of cotton per slave instead of what used to be only 1 pound, Slave price went up, and Cotton Production bursts, wanting to expand into the West. -
Missouri Compromise
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Relesed
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book that was written in the North, it's goal was to inform others of the horrible treatment of slaves. It accomplished it's goal. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
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Lincoln VS. Douglas Debates
Lincoln ran agaisnt Douglas for senate, Douglas was very well known and Lincoln was not, Douglas won but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that Lincoln got lots of exposure. -
John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry
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Dred Scott
Dred Scott lived on free land and wanted to live free so he went to court. The Supreme Court decided that Slaves were property of their owner and they had no rights as a person. -
Election Of Lincoln
Since Lincoln got so much exposure during the Lincoln Douglas Debates it was an easy win for Lincoln as he won the election for president. -
Secession of South Carolina
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Attack On Fort Sumter
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