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California Statehood
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
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Creation of the Republican Party
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Kansas/Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
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Caning of Charles Sumner
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Dred Scott Decision
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Draft of Lincoln’s House Divided Speech,
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Lincoln's A House Divided Speech
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The Presidential Election of 1860