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Invention of Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin
In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removeind seeds from cotton fiber. Also led to the growth of slavery in the American South as the demand for cotton workers rapidly increased. The invention later then lead to the outbreak of the American Civi. -
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
Was for meeting plages, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slave holding states to northern states and Canada. By one estimate, 100,000 slaves escaped from bondage in the South between 1810 and 1850. Harriet Tubman was the conductor and helped the slaves ecape . -
The Tariff of 1828 and The Nullification Crisis
The Tariff of Abominations
The Tariff of 1828, or the Tariff of Abominations, was created to protect the goods in the north and west against competing imports.The tariff was improved in May due to the raised prices in the south.It was replaced later by the Tariff of 1832. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. A religious leader and self-styled Baptist minister, Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21. Turner and 16 of his conspirators were captured and executed. took place in Southampton County, Virginia. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot ProvisoThe Wilmot Proviso was created as a result of the Mexican-American and the slavery problem due to the land won because of it.It was to ban slavery in any territory aquired from mexico.It was introduced to the House of Representatives in the third month of the two year war. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's Cabin is a novel that changed the minds of Americans about slavery.It forced America to deliver on their promise of peace and freedom.Later, this book was used to convince president Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. -
The Kansas-Nebraska
The Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery.Pro- and Anti-slavery settlers rushed to these states to change the outcome.This resulted in the event known as 'Bloody Kansas'. -
Bleeding Kansas'
Bleeding Kansas'
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. -
The Brooks-Sumner Event
The Brooks-Sumner EventThe Brooks Sumner Affair was caused when an insulted Congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Senator Charles Sumner after he gave a speech called 'The Crimes Against Kansas'.Sumner was beat repeatedly with Brooks' cane while Congressman Laurence Keitt held everyone off at gunpoint.Later,Brooks confessed that he never meant to kill Sumner,but to teach him a lesson -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln-Douglas Debates 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. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s -
The Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott DecisionDred Scott was a slave who sued for freedom after his master died.The Supreme Court ruled that no slave(or decendant of slave) will ever be a U.S. citizen.This was a huge event leading to the civil war.
