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Period: to
Civil War
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1853 Gadsden Purchase
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1854 The Republican Party formed
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1854 Kansas-Nebraska act
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1856 Violence in Kansas
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Senator Sumner attacked in the Senate
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1858 Lincoln vs Douglas Debate
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
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Democratic Party split
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Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States
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Confederate States of America formed
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Civil War Fort Sumpter
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Lower South secedes
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Battle of Antietam
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Lincoln assassinated
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KKK Formed
