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 | 1831 First national nominating conventions met. |
| 1831 Cyrus McCormick built the "Reaper" this mechanized
harvesting model cut 6 acres of grain a day. |
| **Slaves under Nat Turner rebelled in Virginia and killed almost 60 whites.
With this they were putting a realistic scare into every southern slaveholder’s
nightmare. Nat Turner and his men were executed. Yet their deeds stayed in many
people’s mind. |
| 1831 The underground railroad a series of safe-houses leading from the
South to the North allowed a great number of blacks to run away from their masters. |
*Causes,** leading causes, ***immediate leading causes for a
Civil War.
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