THE UNION DIVIDES OVER SLAVERY
1. 1820
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
2. 1846
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
3. 1847
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
4. 1848
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
5. 1852
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
6. 1854
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
7. 1856
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
8. 1857
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
9. 1858
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
10. 1859
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered
11. 1860
-------- Free-Soil Party founded “Bleeding Kansas” Lincoln-Douglas debates; Douglas wins Senate seat Wilmot Proviso introduced Kansas-Nebraska Act; Republican Party founded Uncle Tom’s Cabin publishedJohn Brown raids Harpers Ferry Missouri Compromise Dred Scott decisionAbraham Lincoln elected president; South Carolina secedes from Union Popular sovereignty compromise offered