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The American colonization society forms
The main purpose of this group is to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa. -
Missouri Compromise
It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory. -
American Antislavery Society forms
The object of this Society is the entire abolition of Slavery in the United States. -
The Mexican-American war starts
The war between the United States and Mexico began with Mexican's attacking American troops along the southern border. -
california gold rush
The gold rush brought people from all over the United States and the world in search for gold. -
The free soil party forms
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States. -
Wilmot Proviso
It was one of the major events leading to the Civil War, it also would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War -
The compromise of 1850
Texas claimed territory about fifty percent larger than its present boundary -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
It is most likely the novel that had the greatest historical impact on american society. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The bill created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement. -
The Sumner-Brooks Affair
The affair was an incident that took place in the senate, where Preston S. Brooks beat Charles Summers with a cane until it broke. -
The Lincon-Douglas debates
The debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln for a US Senate seat from Illinois. -
The election of 1860
The election was a quadrennial election, for the office of President of the United States.
