Chapter 14 Timeline

By drumming88

  • Wilmot Proviso

    David Wilmot introduces the Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican cession.
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    The Sectional Crisis

  • Free-Soil

    Party is founded.

  • Zachary Taylor (Whig)

    Elected president, defeating Lewis Cass (dem.) and Martin Van Buren (free-soil).

  • Compromise

    Congress debates sectional issues and enacts Compromis of 1850.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Is published by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

  • Franklin Pierce (democrat)

    Elected president by a large majority over Winfield Scott (whig).

  • Kansas-Nebrask Act

    Passed by Congress repealing the Missouri Compromise.

  • Republican

    Party founded in several northern states.

  • Anti-Nebraska

    Coalations score victories in congressional elections in the North.

  • Know-Nothing

    Party achieves stunning successes in state politics.

  • Bloody Sumner

    Preston Brooks assaults Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.

  • James Buchanan

    Wins presidency despite stong challenge in the North from John C. Fremont.

  • Bloody Sumner

    Preston Brooks assaults Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.

  • Kansas Territory

    Free-state and slave-state forces struggle for control of Kansas Territory.

  • Dred Scott case

    Decision made and slavery is legalized in all territories.

  • The Great Debate

    Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery in Illinois.

  • Refusal to the Union

    Congress refuses to admit Kansas to Union under the proslavery Lecomption Constitution.

  • Harpers Ferry

    Is raided by John Brown who is captured and executed.

  • Speaker struggle

    Fierce struggle takes place over election of a Republican as speaker of the House.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Republicans nominate Abe Lincoln as president.

  • Democrats split

    Democratic party splits into northern and southern factions with seperate candidates and platforms.