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President James K. Polk wanted to extend the line to the West coast
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Scott sued for his freedom
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the law for the Fugitive Slave Act was passed
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four leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination emerged
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Whigs held their convention
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Pierce won the election
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Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Anthony Burns was arrested in Boston
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Election for the Kansas territorial legislature
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Brooks used a walking can to beat Sumner unconscious
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by this time Kansas had two opposing governments
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Millard Fillmore becam a candidate
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John Brown tried to start a uprising
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John Brown's raid began
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Harriet Stowe met up with Abraham Lincoln