Chap 15 By EverythingCounts1 Jan 24, 1840 Idea of building a railroad to pacific ocean Apr 9, 1848 Free Soil Party Formed Jun 14, 1850 Fugitive slave act Dec 24, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Mar 24, 1852 Whigs Convention Jan 24, 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Jul 12, 1854 Anthony Burns arrested Dec 24, 1854 Republican Party is formed Sep 24, 1855 Uncle Tom's Cabin published May 22, 1856 Brooks beats Sumner unconscious with a cane May 24, 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre Dec 24, 1858 Lincoln Douglas debates Oct 16, 1859 John Brown's Raid Dec 24, 1860 Confederate States of America is formed Dec 24, 1860 Constitutional Union Party is formed