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Wilmot Provioso
Proposition that any territotry acquired from Mexico would be an anti-slavery one -
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Free Soil Party Formed
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Zachary Taylor Elected President
Beat Lewis Crass, Democrat from Michigan, and Martin Van Buren, Free Soil from New York. -
Zachary Taylor Dies
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Fugitive Slave Act Passed
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Compromise of 1850 Passed
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
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Franklin Pierce Elected President
Beat Winfield Scott, Whig from New Jersey, and John P. Hale, Free Soil from New Hampshire -
Republican Party Formed
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Civil War in Kansas
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Kansas-Nebraska Act Passed
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Ostend Manifesto Written
Document saying that if Spain does not allow the US to buy Cuba, then the US should go to war with Spain. -
Preston Brooks Clubs Charles Summer
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James Buchanan Elected President
Beat John Fremont, Republican from California, and Millard Fillmore, American Party from New York -
Dred Scott Case Decided
Dred Scott, a slave, was brought to free states in order to gain freedom. Was eventually found and brought back to owners. -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of seven debates on slavery -
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown seized control of an American armory and tried to start an armed slave revolt. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Beat John Breckinridge, Southern Democratic, John Bell, Constitutional Union, and Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat. -
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Secession of 6 States from Union
States seceded: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas -
South Carolina Secedes
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4 States Secede from Union
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South Carolina Fires on Fort Sumter
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Lincoln Calls for Troops