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Eli Whitney Invented Cotton Gin Cotton GIn 1) cotton plantations expanded. 2) cotton exports went up 3) required more slaves to work. 4) slavery expanded west Life In Slavery when slavery was outlawed, birthrate went up and population went up33% of souths population were enslaved. 5% were free blacks Nat Turner led rebellion in Virginia and virginia got scared and almost ended slavery Sectionalism west wanted cheap land and development in west, north focused on manufacturing and trade, and south relied on slavery Missouri Compromise Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state. Slavery also banned North of 36'30' Manifest Destiny A belief in 1840's and 50's that all of the land in the US was supposed to be theirs. John O' Sullivan came up with it Abolitionist movement movement to stop slavery. Fredrick Douglass abolitionist and journalist who became an influential lecturer in North Sojourner Truth Abolitionist and Feminist who spoke against and for rights of woman Harriet Tubman conductor on Underground Railroad Henry Brown had white carpenter ship him in a box to Philly and freedom Underground Railroad series of escape routes for slaves William Lloyd Garrison began publishing abolitionist newspaper in 1831 Catharine Beecher Got woman to become teachers in the west Elizabeth Cady Stanton reformer who helped organize 1st woman's rights convention Grimke sisters Lived on Father's plantation. thought slavery was morally wrong. Moved North and spoke against slavery Wilmot Proviso A proposal that outlawed slavery in territory gained from war with mexico. Did not pass Compromise of 1850 California admitted as free state, no more law passed regarding territory won in mexico war Fugitive Slave Act law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves Uncle Tom's Cabin novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed slavery as brutal and immoral Kansas Nebraska Act Gave Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide weather to allow slavery Popular Sovereignty system that allows residents to vote to decide an issue Bleeding Kansas people from missouri voted illegally in kansas's election. John Brown led massacre. Civil war went on in kansas for 3 years Dred Scott decision owner died in a free state so he claimed he should be free. The court said he did not have right to sue them. John Brown's raid Brown and 18 followers captured harpers ferry arsenal and tried to arm slaves. No slaves joined and US Marines attacked them Abraham Lincoln Election of 1860 Northern Democrats elected Stephan A Douglass, Southern Democrat nominated VP John Breckinridge Republicans nominated Lincoln, Constitutional Union Party nominated John Bell. Lincoln won Secession Southern States wanted to secede because of states rights Jefferson Davis pres of confederacy