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Period: to
!845 to 1860
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The start of the Mexican War
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The Wilmot Proviso
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The end of Mexican War
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The Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin comes out as a book.
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Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Republican Party officially organizes.
July 6, 1854 -
Proslavery attack on Lawrence Kansas.
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The caning of Charles Sumner
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Pottawatomie Creek Massacres
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Dred Scott decision
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
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The Election of 1860-Lincoln wins!
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South Carolina secedes