Timeline of 1850s

By Josh Misiano

  • Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions written

  • Hartford Convention meets during war of 1812

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Tariff of Abominations passed

  • South Carolina tries to nullify

  • James Polk elected

  • Mexican war

  • Wilmot Proviso

  • California enters the union

  • Fugitive slave law enacted

  • Publication of Uncle toms cabin

  • Formation of Republican Party

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

  • Border Ruffians attack Lawrence

  • Charles sumner attacked

  • Pottawatomie creek

  • Dred Scott decision announced

  • Lecompton Constitution passed

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • Raid at Harper's ferry

  • Democrats split in 1860

  • Election of 1860