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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin a book criticizing slavery is authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Republican Party
Republican Party is formed by anti-slavery activists -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Act drafted by Stephen Douglass that added Kansas and Nebraska to the union. -
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Bleeding Kansas
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Election 1856
The election between James Buchanan and John C. Frémont. -
Brooks-Sumner incident
Charles Sumner is assaulted by Preston Brooks with a walking stick in the middle of the senate floor. -
Dred Scott
The supreme court rules that Dred Scott is not a free man for entering a free state. -
LeCompton Constitution
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House Divided Speech
Abraham Lincoln delivers his speech about the division within the united states between the north and south. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown raids Harpers's Ferry in an attempt to cause a slave revolt. -
John Brown
John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection -
Election 1860
Abraham Lincoln, John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglass run for president. -
Lincoln's 1st inaugural Address
The first inagural address by Lincoln -
Secession
South Carolina leves the union.