-
Free Soil Party
This was a minor but influencial political party, it opposed the act of Slavery in the western territories. -
Compromise of 1850
There wasgold discovered in California which brought up the issue of deciding if California should be a free state or not. -
Bleeding Kansas
Fights break out as people vote for slave or free. Northerners and southerners sneak into Kansas to cheat and vote -
The start of the Republican Party
The gavel fell to open the Party's first nominating convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1856, announcing the birth of the Republican Party as a unified political force. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sen. S. Douglas wanted a Northern Railroad, but it will have to have Southern support. The issue was if the South goes along with northern route the Missouri Compromise line will be erased and Popular Sovereignty will replace the line. -
Sumner-Brooks incident
Northern senator, Sumner spoke poorly of a Southern senator, Butler while arguing against the expansion of slavery.
