1845 to 1860

By Crater200
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    Events from 1845-1860

  • The start of the Mexican War

  • Wilmot Proviso

  • The end of the Mexican War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin comes out as a book.

  • Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Republican Party officially organizes.

  • Proslavery attack on Lawrence Kansas.

  • The caning of Charles Sumner

  • Pottawatomie Creek Massacres

  • John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

  • Dred Scott decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • The Election of 1860-Lincoln wins!

  • South Carolina secedes