Events
ColorsFugitive Slave Law Convention in Cazenovia, New YorkLincoln's "Spot Resolution"Gold found in California; gold rushNorthwest Ordinace of 1787James K. Polk elected PresidentUncle Tom's CabinTreaty of Kanagawa opens U.S. coaling stations in JapanKansas-Nebraska Act tests policy of popular sovereigntyRepublican Party Forms"Filibuster" WilliamWalker deposes gov of Ncaragua, seeks to build slaveholding empireDred Scott v. SanfordJohn brown raids federal arsenal at Harpers FerryElection of 1860. Abe Lincoln WinsSouth Carolina SecedesMississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas secede. Confederate States of America formed FebruaryLincoln inauguratedConfederate forces fire on Fort Sumpter when Lincoln admin directs an attempted food resupplyLincoln calls for three-moth volunteer troops to suppress rebellionFour Upper South states secede (Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee)Election of 1846Wilmot Proviso passed in House of RepresentativesTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoCongress creates Oregon TerritoryCongress passed the Oregon Donation Land Claim ActElection of 1848Senate rejects Wilmot ProvisoHomestead Act of 1862Foreign Miner's taxCalifornia Slavery DebateCompromise of 1850 passes (Fugitive Slave Act)Nashville ConventionChristiana, PennsylvaniaAbleman v. BoothCalifornia law said southerners could bring slave to the California Territory and take them back in bondage when they left.1852 Presidential Election, Pierce is PresidentGadsen Purchase of 1853John Quitman's expedition to take CubaMarcy has American Diplomats in Europe make the Ostend ManifestoAmerican Republican PartyOrder of the Star-Spangled Banner formsAmerican, or Know Nothing Party formsBleeding Kansas"The Crime Against Kansas" speech by Republican senator Charles Sumner.Presidential Election of 1856Kansas enters union as a free stateBuchanan reopens proslavery negotiations to buy CubaCongress set up Utah TerritoryBuchanan sent an army to Utah. Mormon WarSenate Elections of 1858Democratic Party has a conventionSecessionists in Montgomery Alabama call for the Confederate States of AmericaBuchanan flounders-> SC demands a surrender of Fort Sumter and cut off its suppliesJohn J. Crittenden's PlanAlexander Stephens (Confederate VP) makes "Cornerstone" speechQuestion:
Did any of the territories make a decision between north and south?Continuation/Change: I see that there are still disagreements about how to handle slavery, however, now people are less willing to compromise.Periods
U.S.-Mexico WarLiberty Party activeGreat Irish famineFree Soil Party ActiveFilibustering military campaigns in Latin AmericaWidespread murder and de facto enslavement of Native peoples in CaliforniaKnow-Nothing Party active2.6 mil Irish immigrants arrive in U.S.Lots of Irish and German Immigrants come to U.S.
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