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David Wilmot introduces Wilmot Proviso
Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican cession. -
Free-Soil party founded
Political party -
Zachary Taylor elected president
defeats Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren -
California seeks admission into the Union
as a free state -
Enacts Compromise of 1850
Congress debates sectionalism -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes novel about the horrors of slavery -
Franklin Pierce elected president
elected by a large majority over Winfield Scott -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
repeals missouri compromise -
Republican Party founded in several northern states
beginning of the political party -
Know-Nothing party achieves stunning success
great success for a new political party -
free state and slave state forces struggle for control of Kansas territory
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Preston Brooks assaults Charles Sumner on Senate Floor
Brooks attacks Sumner with his walking cane -
James Buchanan wins presidency
despite strong challenge in the North from John C. Fremont -
Supreme court decides Dred Scott case
throws out case and legalizes slavery in all territories -
Congress refused to admit Kansas to Union
under the proslavery Lecompton constitution -
Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery issue in Illinois
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John Brown raids Harper's Ferry
while raiding an ammunitions house as an anti slavery sentiment and battle, captured and executed. -
Fierce struggles take place in congress
over election of Republican as speaker of the House. -
Democratic party splits in to northern and southern factions
seperate platforms, immense sectionalism
