1844- Election of 1844 (Democrat James Knox Polk defeat Whig Henry Clay) : Polk was known for his support of American expansion, and did things such as provoke war with Mexico to gain Texas
1846- Wilmot Proviso, Texas annexed, Oregon Treaty: The Wilmot Proviso was a bill passed banning slavery and involuntary servitude in any land acquired from Mexico.
1850- Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law: The Compromise of 1850 consisted of the Fugitive Slave Act, California being admitted as a freetate, New Mexico and Utah deciding based on popular soveriegnty, and the outlawing of slavery in D.C. Overall the North was more favored in this compromise.
1852- Uncle Tom’s Cabin: As a response to the Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin and raised further controversy over slavery by highlighting its immorality.
1854- Kansas-Nebraska Act, Republican Party: The Kansas-Nebraska Act implemented popular soveriegnty as the deterrent for whether or not slavery would be allowed in the territory.
1857- Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Dred-Scott case supported Southern position on slavery and ruled that Scott possessed no legal right to sue, thatbeing in a free state did not make him free, and essentially labeled him and all African Americans as property rather than people.
1861- Fort Sumter
1862- Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, Antietam
1863- New York draft riots, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation
1865- Appomattox Court House, 13th Amendment, Lincoln Assination
1868- 14th Amendment, Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1870- 15th Amendment
1875- Civil Rights Act of 1875
1846- Wilmot Proviso, Texas annexed, Oregon Treaty: The Wilmot Proviso was a bill passed banning slavery and involuntary servitude in any land acquired from Mexico.
1850- Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law: The Compromise of 1850 consisted of the Fugitive Slave Act, California being admitted as a freetate, New Mexico and Utah deciding based on popular soveriegnty, and the outlawing of slavery in D.C. Overall the North was more favored in this compromise.
1852- Uncle Tom’s Cabin: As a response to the Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin and raised further controversy over slavery by highlighting its immorality.
1854- Kansas-Nebraska Act, Republican Party: The Kansas-Nebraska Act implemented popular soveriegnty as the deterrent for whether or not slavery would be allowed in the territory.
1857- Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Dred-Scott case supported Southern position on slavery and ruled that Scott possessed no legal right to sue, thatbeing in a free state did not make him free, and essentially labeled him and all African Americans as property rather than people.
1861- Fort Sumter
1862- Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, Antietam
1863- New York draft riots, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation
1865- Appomattox Court House, 13th Amendment, Lincoln Assination
1868- 14th Amendment, Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1870- 15th Amendment
1875- Civil Rights Act of 1875