APUSH Civil War Research Paper By eghbuny Jan 1, 1846 Land boom begins Jan 1, 1848 Mexican War upsets the issue of slavery Jan 1, 1848 Wilmot Proviso defeated Jan 1, 1848 Free-Soil Movement Jan 1, 1848 Election of Taylor brings out serious slavery questions Jan 1, 1849 California proclaimed a free state Jan 1, 1849 California Gold Rush Jan 1, 1850 Tensions abate until 1854 Jan 1, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act passed Jan 1, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published Jul 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass gives speech Jan 1, 1854 Republican Party is formed Jan 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act passed Jan 1, 1854 The Know-Nothings rise on political stage Jan 1, 1855 Anti-slavery settlers move to Kansas, and "bloody Kansas" begins Jan 1, 1855 Republicans gain support because of bleeding Kansas and their position of anti-slavery Jan 1, 1856 Republicans win their first election w/John Fremont Jan 1, 1856 Democrats and Republicans emerge as the only 2 parties Jan 1, 1857 Supreme Court enters debate on slavery Jan 1, 1857 The issue of Kansas being free or slave Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford Jan 1, 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate Oct 16, 1859 John Brown raids Harper's Ferry Jan 1, 1860 The presidential election occurs Feb 1, 1860 South Carolina sucedes Feb 1, 1860 The Crittenden Compromise Feb 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis is elected president on the Confederacy Feb 18, 1861 7 states had suceded Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Inaugurated Mar 11, 1861 The suceded states present a Constitution Apr 12, 1861 The Civil War Begins Jan 1, 1863 Democrats try to regain control of Congress to turn the tide of the war Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Crt. House- End of War Dec 6, 1865 The 13th Amendment is ratified
