A House Divided By jclea669 1847 California Statehood 1850 Compromise of 1850 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published 1854 Creation of the Republican Party 1856 Caning of Charles Summer 1856 Bleeding Kansas 1857 Kansas/Nebraska Act 1857 Dread Scott Decision 1858 Lincoln's "A House Divided" Speech 1859 The Presidential Election