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Free-soil Crusade
Free-soil crusade began. -
David Wilmont
David Wilmont introduces Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican cession. -
Free-soil party
Free-soil party is founded -
California
California seeks admission to the Union aas a free state -
Congress
Congress debates sectional issues and enacts Compromise of 1850 -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed. -
Uncle Tom's cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Pierce
Pierce is elected president -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska act is passed -
Anti-slavery mob
In 1854, an anti-slavery mob led by armed abolitionist tried to free fugative Anthony Burns from the courthouse where his extradition was to take place -
Know-Nothing party
The Know-nothing party achieves stunning sucesses in state policies. -
Know-nothing
The Know-nothing party took control of Massachusetts. -
Buchanan
Buchanan becomes president. -
Know-Nothing Party
The Know-nothing party split -
Supreme Court
Court decides the dred scott case. -
Slavery
The Court legalizes slavery everywhere -
Lecompton controversy
People of Kansas killed the Lecompton constitution. -
John Brown
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry -
Democratic party
The democratic party splits -
Lincoln
lincoln becomes president.
