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Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot proposes the banning of slavery in the Mexican Cession -
Free-Soil Party
A new third party is founded -
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor (Whig) is elected president -
California Admission
California successfully seeks admission to Union as a free state -
Compromise of 1850
A slavery compromise involving the western territories of the US -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An antislavery piece of literature written by Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (Democrat) is elected president -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the MIss. Compromise -
Republican Party
After the demise of the Know-Nothing Party, the Republican Party was born -
Know-Nothing Party
THe KNow-Nothing party has great success in state polotics -
Kansas Territory
The free and lave states struggle to control the Kansas Territory -
Prston Books
Preston books assaults Charles Sumner on Senate floor -
James Buchanan
Buchanan (Democrat) defeats John Fremont and becomes president -
Dred Scott
Supremes Court makes decision and legalizes slavery in all territories -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery issues in Illinois -
Congress refuses to admit Kansas
Congress refuses to admit Kansas to the Union under the proslavery Lecompton Constitution -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry and is captured and executed -
Speaker of the House
Struggle takes place over Republican election for speaker of the House -
Abe Lincoln nomination
Republicans nominate Abe Lincoln for election of 1860. -
Dems split
Dems split into northern and southern factions
