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Rise of Radical Abolition Movement

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Slavery abolished in the British Empire

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The Gag rule passed to prevent discussion of abolition of slave trade in Washington D.C.

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Elijah P. Lovejoy, white abolitionist, murdered

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Underground Railroad established

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Westward Expansion

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Oregon Fever; Polk runs for president vowing “54’40 or fight!”

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Publication of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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The Mexican-American War

(Resulted in more US territories)

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The North Star first published by Frederick Douglass.

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Seneca Falls Convention-women’s rights campaign

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Discovery of Gold in CA

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Gold Rush in CA--desire to quickly make CA a state, bypassing territorial phase

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The sectional conflict gets violent

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The Compromise of 1850

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Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Creation of the Republican Party

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Bleeding Kansas

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Bleeding Sumner

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Dred Scott v. Sanford

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John Brown’s Raid on Harper's Ferry

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War (1861-1865)

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Election: Lincoln (GOP), S. Douglas (N. Democrat), Bell (Constitutional Union), Breckinridge (S. Democrat)

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Secession of SC, MI, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX

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(March 4) Lincoln’s Inauguration

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(April 12) Battle of Fort Sumter; Civil War begins

April 19, 1861 “The Lexington of 1861”

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The rest of the CSA secedes