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Cotton Was First Cultivated in the US South
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Industrial Revolution Began in England
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US Constitution is Ratified, Protecting the import of Enslaved People for 20 years
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Eli Whitney patented the Cotton Gin
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Louisiana Purchase doubled the US Landholdings
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Cotton accounted for a majority of all U.S. Exports
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Congress passed the Indian Removal Act
Forced relocation of Thousands of Native Americans -
US Annexed Texas
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Mexico Ceded more than half of its territory at the end of the Mexican-American War
Expands US landholdings to the Pacific Ocean -
Fugitive Slave Act Passed
Required Law enforcement officials to arrest enslaved people suspected of running away and forbid free people from assisting enslaved people seeking freedom. The law resulted in the kidnapping and enslavement of free African-Americans -
Battle of Fort Sumter started the US Civil War
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13th Amendment of the US Constitution is Ratified
Slavery is made illegal across the United States