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Follow the drinking gourd.
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James K Polk elected president of the United States.
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Texas becomes part of the Union.
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Slogan of the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain.
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An attempt to regulate slavery in any land gained by war with Mexico.
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Zachary Taylor defeats Lewi Cass and becomes president
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Franklin Pierce & running mate William King won the election of 1852.
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Whig Party disappears from the national scene,
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The Kansas Nebraska act was a complete defiance of the Missouri comprimise wanted in the union as a free known "bleeding Kansas".
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The beginning of the modern Republican Party
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The Gadsden Purchase was for the purpose of the constuction of a transcontinental railroad in the south.
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This was another skirmish in the ordeal of "Bleeding Kansas".
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This was one of the many bloody events between the pro and anti slavery forces in Kansas.
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John Brown tried to raid the arsenal at Harpers Ferry at Virginia. He was captured by soldiers, led by Robert E. Lee.
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