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free soil party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. -
California gold rush begins
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. -
congress passed the kansas-nebraska act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
pro-slavery mob sack
Pro-slavery mob jacks Lawrence;Kansas; John Potyawatomie Massacre in retaliation
Charles Summer of Massachusetts is caned and seriously injured by pro-slavery congressman in U.S. Senate -
u.s supreme court issuses the dred scott decision
the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, therebynegating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. -
Abraham lincoln debates stephen a douglas during the 1858 illinois senate race
were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
john brown and is followers stage a failed raid at harpers ferry
John Brown and followers staged a failed raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incrite a slave insurrection -
Period: to
1860-1861
South Carolina and six other southern states secede from the Union
Crittenden Compromise is proposed but fails
