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February 2nd, 1848

Ended the Mexican-American war and ended with 3 main things.

Mexico receives 15 million dollars.

Border with Texas is put at the Rio Grande River.

America gains the Mexican Cession.

The expansion of America would cause disputes over slave states or not, and would have further involvement from the free soil party

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1848-1854

A political party that aimed for the stopping slavery into the growing west.

Martin Van Buren would be the main leader of the Free Soil Party and would eventually become president spreading their ideals. This political party would start a bigger problem of sectionalism as the war of abolishing slavery would grow stronger.

The actions of the free soil party would start debates through the ideals of Zachary Taylor, as he would keep quiet about his actions of slavery.

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1848

He was elected and was very controversial due to him being secretive on his political stances. He also opposed the actions of Andrew Jackson. More specifically he was very against the veto of the national bank. He was a strong nationalist who governed by the ideals of Whigs but did not follow their wants of expanding on slavery. The topic was to controversial for him to speak out about in worry of starting even higher conflict on the topics of slavery.

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September 18th, 1850.

It was a compromise to stop conflicts between North and South. It amended the following acts.

Washington has abolished slave trade

Fugitive slave acts are amended

Admission for California to join the union

Establish a government for Utah

Established border disputes in Texas

Would only stop disputes for a very short period of time and certain things such as the Fugitive slave acts would cause further sectionalism between North and South

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September 18th, 1850

An act that was passed that would force northern states to return escaping slaves back to their plantations. If they did not do so they would be fined. Abolitionists would protest against this act as they were boring forced to help slavery.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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March 20th, 1852

A book written about the controversy of Slavery, and the true cruelty of what was happening within the Antebellum south. It would go on to persuade people to help join the abolitionist movement due to hearing the horrifying things about Slavery and the true acts it shows.

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November 2nd, 1852

A democratic candidate who won the presidential election by a landslide. His actions would ultimately lead to the disintegration of the Whigs and Free Soil party and would soon join together to join the new Republican party. He would push for more access to slavery which in turn would fuel the conflict over the topic.

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May 30th, 1854

An act that would officially declare Kansas and Nebraska as U.S. states. Was passed under the presidency of Franklin Pierce and his wants for slavery was a huge topic with the new states. This conflict within Kansas would ultimately lead to a time period known as, "Bleeding Kansas" and would showcase the uprising conflict on slavery. HERE

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1854

After Pierce was put into office, the Whigs and Free-Soil party would quickly die down after having their movement be stomped upon. The two parties would end up combining into the Republican party which would be ultimately against slavery before Civil War. Now that it was a bigger political party things got even messier which would end up affecting the new states such as Kansas.

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In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the "tyranny" of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery.

With the successful introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854, an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty, the Whigs disintegrated. By February 1854, anti-slavery Whigs had begun meeting in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. One such meeting, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the founding meeting of the Republican Party.

The Republicans rapidly gained supporters in the North, and in 1856 their first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, won 11 of the 16 Northern states. By 1860, the majority of the Southern slave states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans won the presidency. In November 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president over a divided Democratic Party, and six weeks later South Carolina formally seceded from the Union. Within six more weeks, five other Southern states had followed South Carolina's lead, and in April 1861 the Civil War began when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor.

The Civil War firmly identified the Republican Party as the party of the victorious North, and after the war the Republican-dominated Congress forced a "Radical Reconstruction" policy on the South, which saw the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and the granting of equal rights to all Southern citizens. By 1876, the Republican Party had lost control of the South, but it continued to dominate the presidency until the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
READ MORE: Why the Whig Party Collapsed

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In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the "tyranny" of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery.

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1854 - 1861

Bleeding Kansas was a bloody time period that was many civil violent confrontations between people within the Kansas territory.

These confrontations began due to the disputes in allowing slavery in Kansas. These smaller scale battles between proslavery and antislavery foreshadowed the larger scale conflict of the Civil War.

For more information about Bleeding Kansas click HERE

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May 22, 1856

Senator Sumner is attacked by Representative Brooks with a cane on the Senate floor.

Sumner spoke previously on how Kansas should enter the Union as a free state and that slave holders have no true political power.

The North heavily criticized the Southern Representative Brooks because he attacked the Northern Senator Sumner. The South praised Brooks on this occasion.

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November 4, 1856

Buchanan wins presidency for Democrats over Republicans.

Buchanan leaned towards states rights and a proslavery stance. He won this election because he wasn't on anyone's bad side until the duration of his term. Previous president elect from the democrats was Franklin Pierce and he was heavily disliked due to his large slavery stance.

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March 6, 1857

Dred Scott and his wife sued for freedom.

This is a famous court ruling that ended in African Americans not being citizens and don't have the right to sue in a federal court. This ruling also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional as congress doesn't have the right to ban slavery.

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April 10, 1858

A compromise that Kansas join the Union as a slave state.

This compromise ultimately failed due to the antislavery presence in Kansas which led to Kansas joining the Union as a free state.

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October 16-18, 1859

A raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia led by John Brown.

Harpers Ferry was an armory that was raided by John Brown and his posse. John Brown aimed to create an armed insurrection within the slave community. This attempt at a large scale revolt failed and ended with John Brown dying; however, Brown was named a martyr for the abolitionist cause.

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November 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln wins Precedency and wins the Republicans their first election.

This election was between Lincoln, the chosen Republican candidate, and three Democratic party candidates. Southern states really disliked the outcome of this election as it threatened slavery.

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December 18, 1860

The Crittenden Compromise was a final measure to hopefully prevent or stall the Civil War

This compromise, proposed by John Crittenden, claimed that it was a constitutional right for slavery to remain in the current areas of where it exists; however, slavery would cease to exist in any new territories. This compromise ultimately failed due to the rejection from Abraham Lincoln and Republican party.

More specifics on the Crittenden Compromise HERE

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December 20, 1860

South Carolina became the first state to secede from the union.

Their main reason for leaving the Union and the Declaration of Secession was Abraham Lincoln's victory in the election. South Carolina viewed this victory as a threat to their slave ideologies including their constitutional right to enforce federal laws like the Fugitive Slave Act.

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