The+Growth+of+Slavery+in+the+1800s

= Growth of Slavery in the 1800s = One of the most influential machines in the south in the 1800s had to be the cotton gin.On March 14, 1794 Eli Whitney's cotton gin was available for purchase. The cotton gin separated the pieces of cotton that weren't wanted from the needed "fluff" part of the cotton. The machine was so simple but increased the production of cotton in a huge way. The cotton gin made separating cotton but I don't think you could find a slave that liked the cotton gin due the it causing them to pick more and more cotton. **
 * Cotton Gin

media type="youtube" key="2YMHm7d4Rbc" height="344" width="425" **The Missouri Compromise** In Missouri Compromise of 1820, any new state north of 36, 30 could not be a slave state expect for Missouri. The problem was the USA had just attained a large amount of land from the Mexican war. At the time of the Compromise there was no decision on that land. ** Compromise of 1850 ** The compromise of 1850 was made up of a few things that would possibly expand slavery west depending on popular sovereignty in the compromise. Texas would give up disputed land to the US, the slave trade in Washington DC would be abolished, California would be admitted as a free state, and the act that caused the most problem was the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act enforced the law that citizens needed to capture run-away slaves if the opportunity arose. If they didn't capture them they would face a fine or even prison time. Some African-Americans who were free would be put back into slavery due to this. ** Kansas Nebraska Act ** The idea of the Kansas Nebraska Act was created by Stephan Douglas. He said that the USshould continue the 36,30 line across America, separating the Louisiana Purchase into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska. Douglas wanted this act to pass so a railroad could stretch from Chicago to California, and a railroad from New Orleans to California. ** Expansion West ** Many Southerners wanted slavery to expand across the US so that slavery would never be abolished. After the Kansas Nebraska Act, the people of Kansas had a dispute over if slavery should be allowed and it became violent. The event is called Bleeding Kansas. Nebraska wasn't allowed Slavery due to it being north of the 36,30 line. The farthest west slavery carried was in the state of Texas. Though many Southerners wanted slavery to expand it really never did due to the loss in the Civil War.