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1850
California enters the Union -
The United States and representatives of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Arikara, Assiniboin, Mandan, Gros Ventre and other tribes sign the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
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herriet beecher stowe writes uncle toms cabim
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herriet beecher stowe writes uncle toms cabin
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republican party forms
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browns pottawatomie massacre
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kansas nebraska act is made
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Brooks is beaten sumner beats brooks with a cane
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civil war begins in bleeding kansas
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dred scott decision
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the panic of 1857 begins
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hinton r. helper publishes the impending crisis of the south
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tariff of 1857
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lincoln-douglas debates
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Brown raids harpers ferry
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Confederate states of america is created by seven seceding states
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buchanan defeats fremont and fillmore for presidency
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lecompton constitution is rejected
