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David Wilmot proposes the banning of slavery in the Mexican Cession
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A new third party is founded
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Zachary Taylor (Whig) is elected president
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California successfully seeks admission to Union as a free state
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A slavery compromise involving the western territories of the US
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An antislavery piece of literature written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Franklin Pierce (Democrat) is elected president
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Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the MIss. Compromise
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After the demise of the Know-Nothing Party, the Republican Party was born
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THe KNow-Nothing party has great success in state polotics
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The free and lave states struggle to control the Kansas Territory
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Preston books assaults Charles Sumner on Senate floor
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Buchanan (Democrat) defeats John Fremont and becomes president
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Supremes Court makes decision and legalizes slavery in all territories
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Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery issues in Illinois
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Congress refuses to admit Kansas to the Union under the proslavery Lecompton Constitution
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry and is captured and executed
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Struggle takes place over Republican election for speaker of the House
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Republicans nominate Abe Lincoln for election of 1860.
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Dems split into northern and southern factions
