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Presidency of James Buchanan
James Buchanan political Party is Democrat. Graduated Dickinson College in 1809 -
Underground Railroad
100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850 ran away. -
Stephan A Douglas
Judge of Supreme Court of Illinois 1841-1843. -
Wilmot Proviso
On aug, 8, 1846he tried buying land for $2,000,000. Appropriations bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican–American War. -
Presidency of Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was a celebrated veteran of the Mexican War. -
Popular Sovereignty
A doctrine in political theory that the government is created by and subject to the will of the people. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
When the Constitution was adopted, they were not regarded in any of the States as members of the community. -
Free-Soil Party
The Free-Soil Party developed in part from a political rivalry in New York State. -
Know-Nothing Party
U.S. political party that flourished in the 1850s. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 bills, in america. -
Fugitive Slave Act
men finding run away slaves. -
The Presidency of Franklin Pierce
Nominated as the candidate for the Democratic Party in 1852. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Changed the way americans thought of slaves and slavery. -
Kanas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill that divided the land west of Missouri into two territories -
Bleeding Kansas
Augustus C. Dodge of Iowa introduced a bill in the Senate. -
Republican Party
The first official party convention was held on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan -
Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner
In court screaming about bloody murders and robbers. -
Freeport Doctrine
Douglas made an effort to revive the doctrine of popular sovereignty. -
John Brown
In 1847 Frederick Douglass met Brown for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Browns plan changed after all of the problems starting happening. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Electoral votes were recognized from all eleven Southern states in 1864. -
Formation of the Confederate States of America
Eleven southern states Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi that left from the Union in 1861.
