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1850 | The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty GO ! |
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1850 | California is the 31st state admitted to the Union |
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1850 | U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies; Millard Fillmore becomes 13th president GO ! |
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1850 | California admitted to the Union |
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1850 | Compromise of 1850, including Fugitive Slave Act GO ! |
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1850 | Beginning of "Young America" movement |
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1852 | Franklin Pierce elected president GO ! |
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1853 | Gadsden Purchase |
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1854 | Walker Expedition |
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1854 | Convention of Kanagawa |
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1854 | "War for Bleeding Kansas" between free and slave states in U.S. GO ! |
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1854 | Elgin Treaty between Britain and U.S. on Canadian trade |
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1854 | Ostend Manifesto |
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1854 | Kansas-Nebraska Act nullifies Missouri Compromise GO ! |
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1854 | Republican and Know-Nothing parties formed |
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1856 | John Brown's massacre in Kansas |
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1856 | Sumner-Brooks incident in Senate |
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1856 | James Buchanan elected president GO ! |
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1857 | The Dred Scott Decision GO ! |
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1857 | Panic of 1857 |
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1857 | Lecompton constitution in Kansas |
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1857 | Trade opens with Japan |
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1858 | Minnesota is the 32nd state admitted to the Union |
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1858 | U.S. is party to Treaty of Tientsin |
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1858 | Lincoln-Douglas debates |
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1859 | Oregon is the 33rd state admitted to the Union |
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1859 | John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry |
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1859 | Value of U.S. industrial production exceeds value of agricultural production |
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1860 | The Crittenden Compromise GO ! |
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1860 | Abraham Lincoln elected President of the U.S. GO ! |
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1860 | Cotton production and prices peak |
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1860 | Democratic party splits |
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1860 | Four-party campaign |
