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Wilmot introduces banning slavery to Proviso
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Free Soil Party Founded
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Zachary Taylor elected president
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California looks of a entrance into the union as a free state
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Congress enacts Compromise of 1850 after debate over sectional issues
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Harriet Beacher Stow publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Franklin Pierce elected president
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Know-Nothing party acheives success
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Republican Party Founded in Northern States
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anti-nebraska coalations find victory
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Free and Slave states struggle in Kansas Territory
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Brooks assults Summer on Senate floor
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James Buchanan becomes president
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Dred Scott Case
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Lincoln and Douglas Debate on slavery issue in illinios
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
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Republican elected as speaker of the house
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Abe Lincoln nominated for president
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Democratic party splits in two parts
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Abe Lincoln wins election
