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The cotton gin
The cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney in America inspired by the Industrial Revolution in Great Britian. This invention improved the production of cotton down in the south and grew the population of slavery. It aslo increased the economy with all the production of cotton. With the cotton gin, cotton was more than half of the profit in the south. This led to the Civil War. -
3/5 Comprimise
The 3/5 Comprimise was where as slave counted as 3/5 of aperson for representation and direct taxation. The 3/5 Comprimise was also to help in the upper house for each state to have 2 representitives. During this comprimise Benjamin Franklin served as head of the committee. This led to the Civil War. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was where Missouri wanted to enteer the United States Of America as a slave state. The decision of Missouri entering as a slave state went on fot quite long time until Maine applied for statehood and entered as a free state. When the decision was there was a 36°30' boundary to say the north of missouri meaning the rest of the Louisiana purchase would be free. This led to the Civil War. -
The Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was acrisis in which involved a conflict between South Carolina and the federal government. South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and because of that it was null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. South Carolina was preparing to secede Jackson sent a malitia to stop them. This led to the Civil War. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was a huge believe among the United States of America to expand through the continent that including Mexico and Canada. With Manifest Destiny it happened so be that there was so much land and increase the population of the United States of America and having "states' apply for statehood. This led to the Civil War. -
Compromise of 1850
The Copromise of 1850 consisted of 5 different bills passed by congress. The bills were reagarding to California entering as a free state, Utah and New Mexico territory would choose if it be a free or slave state by popular sovereignty, the present day boundaries of Texas, the abolishment of slave trade in Whasington D.C but not slavery itself, and the Fugitive Slave Act its strenghted. This led to the Civil War. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by congress during the Compromise of 1850. It penalized officials who did not arrest an supposed runaway slave, and made them liable to a fine of $1,000. A slave could not ask for jury of trial or or testify on their behalf. Also anyone who would shelter of feed a runawa slave would be fined $1000. This led to the Civil War. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is anti-slavery or abolionist novel. The book sold more than 300,000 copies in the nation within just one year of publication. It also become to be one of the most remarkable best-sellers in American history. This led to the Civil War. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a mildstone decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. Sott was taken by his owner in free states and territories trying to be a free man. This led to the Civil War. -
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
On october 16 John Brown gathered 18 followers and seized conrol of a arsernal in Harpers Ferry that belonged to the United States of America. The slave uprising that Brown hoped for did not occur, he found himself surreding to Robert E. Lee after 10 of his troops had died. This led to the Civil War.
