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Henry Clay makes a compromise in 1850 to the U.S congress about future slavery, which causes a debate
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Millard Fillmore became president in the year 1850, after Zachary Taylor died in office.
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Following the defeat of Mexico in Mexican-American War, California becomes the 31st state of United States
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The New York Times was founded in 1851 by George Jones
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Franklin Pierce became president in the year of 1853, becoming the youngest at age 48 he was the youngest chief executive,
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Gives U.S. a land in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. U.S. acquires border territory from Mexico for $10 million.
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Republican party was founded by the anti-slavery expansion activist.
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U.S. Congress passed an act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their state
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Train crosses from Atlantic coast to Pacific coast allowing people to travel faster
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James Buchanan sworn into presidency as the 15th POTUS
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Elisha Graves Otis dramatically demonstrates his passenger elevator at the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York by cutting the elevator's cables as it ascends a 300 foot tower. Otis' unique safety braking system prevents the elevator from falling; his business prospects rise.
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Edwin T. Holmes of Boston begins to sell electric burglar alarms. Later, his workshop will be used by Alexander Graham Bell as the young Bell pursues his invention of the telephone. Holmes will be the first person to have a home telephone.
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Oregon becomes the 33rd state in the U.S.
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Stated liberation movement among enslaved African American in Virginia
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Abraham Lincoln who has anti-slavery platform wins the president election
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South Carolina secedes from the United States in response to Lincoln’s election
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