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Missouri Compromise
Preserved the balance between slave and free states
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First African American newspaper
Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm started the country's first African American newspaper "Freedom's Journal".
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New York banned slavery
Isabella Baumfree gained freedom 1827
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Opening of Oberlin College of Ohio
The college admitted women and African Americans.
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James K. Polk becomes president.
He is elected by the Democrats.
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Texas is admitted into the Union
This entry to the Union angered the Mexican government.
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Henry David Thoreau went to Jail
He would rather go to jail than pay to help support the Mexican American War.
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Liberia declared itself an independent republic
Liberia proclaimed its independence from the American Colonization Society.
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First Comet discovered with a telescope
Maria Mitchell was the first person to discover a comet with a telescope. -
First women's rights convention
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General Zachary Taylor chosen for presidential candidate
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Compromise of 1850
Congress passed the Compromise of 1850
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California applied for statehood
It wanted to be slave-free.
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Lawrence, Kansas was attacked
Slavery supporters attacked the town of Lawrence
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James Buchanan elected President
He won against Fremont and Fillmore.
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Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led a group on a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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