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The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was an extremely revolutionary piece of tech, created by Eli Whitney. This invention increased productivity of cotton by a tremendous amount, but sadly caused slave owners to expect their slaves to work more efficiently.-(Ignitia.com editors) -
The Expansion Rights
In the years after the war of 1812, America prospered, expanding across the nation, settling in, and the nation roared "Manifest Destiny!", which meant it is America's God given right to expand, but, there was an issue, "Each time new territory was acquired by the nation, the troublesome question of slavery was raised."-(Ignitia.com editors) -
Sectionalism
Sectionalism, had begun, "As new territory was explored and settled and new states sought admission to the Union, the issue of slavery was continually in view. The land was being polarized into pro-slavery and antislavery sections." The very first heated, large scale argument, was when Missouri, a slave state, wished to be admitted into the Union, the anti-slavery side. What ended up happening was, the free part of Missouri became "Maine", and the rest still Missouri.-(Ignitia.com editors) -
The First Modern Depression
"During the course of the 19th century, the U.S. economy suffered financial panics, followed by long, deep, full-blown industrial and/or agricultural depressions", this was so bad, to the point where cities such as Pittsburgh suffered 50% unemployment.-(Panic of 1819 - Introduction to US-History.comhttps://www.u-s-history.com_) -
Annexation Of Texas
When American's began migrating into Texas, it was Mexico's territory, but there wasn't exactly much they could do about it, due to how vast the land was, and how poorly settled Mexico was, and so, what they ended up doing was just saying to the American's, they were welcome, so long as they abide by their laws, but sadly, eventually war broke out, ending in Texas belonging to America.-(Ignitia.com editors) -
The Fugitive Slave Acts
"The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States. ... The Fugitive Slave Acts were among the most controversial laws of the early 19th century."-(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts) -
Bleeding Kansas
When Kansas became a state, from the cutting of Nebraska in half, the anti-slavery, and pro-slavery groups began to fight, earning Kansas a nickname "Bleeding Kansas", there was even a vote between whether Kansas should be allowed to have slaves or not, and when Kansas won, the anti-slavers were furious ".Soon afterwards, the pro-slavery and antislavery forces met in battle. During the fighting, more than two hundred settlers were killed." -(Ignitia.com editors) -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave man, who lived in the state of Missouri, with his owner, but Missouri was a free state, so he believed he should be a free man. He attempted to sue for his freedom, but sadly was shutdown due to the inability for slaves, or descendants of slaves to become U.S. citizens-(Ignitia.com editors) -
President Lincolns Election
In 1860, the anti-slavers cheered, for Abraham Lincoln had been elected, a man who believed this division of our Nation was wrong, and slavery is immoral, but sadly, war was over the horizon.-(Ignitia.com editors) -
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a way for black slaves to escape the cold, torturous grasp of their slavers, and make it to the truly free America. Harriet Tubman was the best of the many conductors, and helped over 300 slaves escape.-(Ignitia.com editors)