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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin was an invention that allowed people to pick the seeds out of the material a lot quicker than to pick it by hand. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad allowed around 100,000 slaves to escape from the Southern States into the North. -
Missouri Compromise
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Tariff of 1828 & Nullification Crisis
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The Liberator Series
This was an anti-slavery newspaper that ran until the end of slavery. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Wilmot Proviso
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
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'Bleeding Kansas'
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Brooks-Sumner Event
This event happened between the Senators of South Carolina, Preston Brooks, and Massachusetts, Charles Sumner when Brooks attacked Sumner with a walking cane. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a Supreme Court battle in which an enslaved man, Dred Scott, was suing for his and his family's freedom. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Election of 1860
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Secession of Southern States
The Southern States(Slave States) left the Union to form the Confederate States of America because the Slave Abolitionist, Abe Lincoln, was elected into the office of President. -
Fort Sumter Attacked
Fort Sumter was the unofficial first battle in the Civil War. Fort Sumter was on an island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina that was controlled by Union troops. The fort surrendered when they ran out of ammunition.
