History

By Jason Fernandez

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South.

  • RailRoad

    RailRoad
    10,000 mile of railroad track had been laid in the united states

  • Franklin Pierce

    Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce becomes presiden in 1852

  • Gadsden Purchase of 1853

    united States bought more land from mexico

  • Dougals vs Linclon

    Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln hold a series of seven debates in Illinois while running for a U.S. Senate seat.

  • Railroads

    Railroads
    Railroads carried 2 billion tons of freight a year

  • John Brown

    John Brown
    John Brown launches a raid against the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

  • John Drowns death

    John Drowns death
    following a trial, abolitionist John Brown is hanged for treason. His death energizes many sympathizers in the North, and makes him a martyr.

  • Lincoln becomes president

    Lincoln becomes president
    Lincoln gets elceted as president because of all the votes from the north.