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invention of the cotton gin
the cotton gin was invented by eli whitney, the cotton gins porpose was to take the seeds out of cottton since it was so hard to by hand but the cotton gin also had a huge impact on slavery which increased the demand for slaves to pick cotton. -
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underground railroad
the underground railroad was a linkage of trails used by slaves to get from the southern slave states to the northern free states the railroad helped approamtely 100,000 slaves through its used time -
Missouri Compromise
the misspouri compromise was a debate about missouri becoming a slave state which had issues to because it would throw the balance off between slave and free states whcih would favor to the slave state this was later solved by massachusetts becoming a free state -
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Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turners Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
wilmot proviso
the wilmot proviso was a law that was in congress for 15 years which staed that all the land the america got from mexico would be slave free. this proposal broke party unity and instead divided congress largely along sectional lines. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
unlce toms cabinuncle toms cabin a book written about anti slavery whcih layed down the ground for civil war -
the bleeding kansas
the bleeding kansas was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, -
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licoln-douglas debates
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 (also known as The Great Debates of 1858) were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. At the time, U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures; thus Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. these debates went from august 20 to october 15 -
John browns raid
john browns raid was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accompanied by 21 men in his party,[1] was defeated by a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee. -
