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Invention of cotton gin
U.S. born inventor named Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the productivity of cotton production by greatly speeding up the process of removing the seeds from the cotton fibers. -
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was established to help enslaved people escape from their slave owners to freedom. Also one of the things that led to the civil war. -
Missouri Compromise
Bill passed by congress stating that they would allow slavery to be legal in Missouri under the condition that slavery would be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase in the North of the 36th parallel. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people.
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The Liberator was Published
The Liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. Liberated -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. This caused major conflict in the states and was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
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Compromise of 1850
Consists of five laws passed that all dealt with the issue of slavery. Many states started to claim themselves as free states and territorial governments. Timeline! -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
The strength of Uncle Tom's Cabin is its ability to illustrate slavery's effect on families, and to help readers empathize with enslaved characters. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they'll allow slavery in there states. -
Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraksa Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. Proslavery and free-state settlers flooded into Kansas to try to influence the decision. Violence soon erupted as both factions fought for control.
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Succession of Southern States
The southern was convinced their way of life was threatened by President Abraham Lincoln, the seven states of the "Deep South" seceded from the Union during the following months. The States were Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. -
Election of 1860
In the election of 1860, it was a presidential election against Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln defeated him in the election and won presidency. -
Fort Sumter is Fired Upon
Confederate guns open fire on Fort Sumter. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort at 2:30pm on April 13th and later evacuated the next day.
