Timeline of the period from 1845 to 1860

By QuadyMac
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    Timeline of the time period from 1845 to 1860

  • the start of the Mexican War

    This lasted a year and a half, from spring 1846 to fall 1847. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California, then invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico

  • Wilmot Proviso

    amendment to a bill put before the U.S. House of Representatives during the Mexican War; it provided an appropriation of $2 million to enable President Polk to negotiate a territorial settlement with Mexico.

  • the end of the Mexican War

    War Ended

  • The Compromise of 1850

    five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin comes out as a book

  • Republican Party officially organized

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    It repealed the original decision of the Missouri Compromise. It allowed states to vote whether or not to allow slavery

  • Proslavery attack on Lawrence Kansas

  • The caning of Charles Sumner

    United States Congress, Representative Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with his walking cane

  • Pottawatomie Creek Massacres

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

    Started on the 16 ended on the 18

  • The Election of 1860-Lincoln wins

  • South Carolina secedes