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| 1850 | Compromise of 1850 |
| 1852 | "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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| 1854 | Kansas-Nebraska Act Republican Party formed |
| 1856 | Bleeding Kansas Pottawatomie massacre |
| 1857 | Dred Scott v. Sanford Lecomptom Constitution |
| 1858 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates Freeport Doctrine |
| 1859 | John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
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| 1860 | Lincoln elected president as Democrats split Crittenden Compromise fails South Carolina secedes |
| 1861 | Confederacy formed Ft. Sumter attacked First Battle of Bull Run McClellan organizes Union army Union blockade begins |
| 1862 | Capture of Fts. Henry & Donelson Capture of New Orleans Battle of Shiloh Homestead Act Seven Days' Battles Battle of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation announced |
| 1863 | National Banking Act Battles of Gettysburg & Vicksburg New York City draft riots |
| 1864 | Grant assumes command of all Union armies Battle of the Wilderness Cold Harbor Atlanta falls to Sherman Siege of Petersburg begins Lincoln re-elected president |
| 1865 | Hampton Roads Conference Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House Lincoln assassinated |
Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHistory.html (31 March 1998).
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