CHAPTER 14 TIMELINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By hdake
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david wilmot introduces proviso, banning slavery in the mexican cession.
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free soil party is founded
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zachary taylor (whig) is elected president, defeating Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren
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California seeks admission to the Union as a free state
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congress debates sectional issues and enacts conmpromise of 1850
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harriet beecher stowe publishes uncle toms cabin
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franklin peirce (democrat) is elected president
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congress passes kansas-nebraska act repealing missouri comprmise
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republican party founded in several states
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anti nebraska coalitions score victories in congressional elections in the north
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know-nothing party achieves stunning success in state politics
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free-state and slave-state forces struggle for control of kansas territory
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preston brooks assualts charles summer on senate floor
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james buchanan wins presidency despite strong challenge in the north from john C. fremont
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supreme court decides dred scott case and legalizes slavery in all territories
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lincoln and douglas debate slavery issue in illinois
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congress refuses to admit kansas to union under the proslavery lecompton constitution
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feirce struggles takes place over election of a republican speaker of the house
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Republicans nominate abraham lincoln for precidency
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democratic party splits into northern and southern factions with seperate cndidates and platfomrs
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Lincoln wins presidency over douglas, breckridge, and bell
