Antibellum Period
Category: Other
Updated: 11 Dec 2017
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Created byPETER FERRULLI
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Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860Missouri Compromise 1854Texas AnnexationJohn Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry 1859Gold Rush 1848Border Dispute with Oregon Resolved 1846Uncle Tom's Cabin (Published) 1852Webster Ashburton Treaty 1842Secession of South Carolina 1860Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848Birth of the Republican Party 1854Clayton Bulwer TreatyWilmot Proviso 1848Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854Gadsden PurchaseJames Buchanan elected President 1856Lecompton Constitution 1856Dred Scott Decision 1857California Enters the Union as a Free State 1850Ostend Manifesto 1854American Anti Slavery Society Founded 1833Frederick Douglass Started the "North Star"California becomes "Bear Flag Republic"Periods
Mexican American War 1846-1848Battle of the Alamo"54 40 or fight" used as a campaign slogan 1844-1848Know Nothing Party Flourished 1850-1860Bleeding Kansas 1845-1852Free Soil Party active during these years 1848-1852Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858–1858
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