A House Divided By dwaboutit 1850 Compromise of 1850 1850 California Statehood 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Creation of the Republican Party 1856 Caning of Charles Sumner 1856 Bleeding Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) 1857 Dred Scott Decision 1858 Lincoln's A House Divided Speech 1860 Presidential Election of 1860