1846 - ____ - proposed that all territory gained from MX would be free, reigniting debate over slavery 1848 - ____ - US gains new land 1848 - ____ - opposed expansion of slavery into new territories 1850 - ____ - CA is free, new Fugitive Slave Law, popular sovereignty for MX cession 1850 - ____ - ignites protests in northern states and fuels abolitionist movement 1852 - ____ - impacts American public opinion about slavery & increases sectionalism 1854 - ____ - extends popular sovereignty into territory previously closed to slavery by the MO Compromise 1854 - ____ - Whig party dissolves over the K-N Act and a new party, opposing expansion of slavery, is formed 1855 onward - ____ - violent clashes between pro- and anti-slavery settlers in KS1856 - ____ - A violent clash in Congress, caused by a speech about slavery & Bleeding Kansas 1856 - ____ - Buchanan is elected; Democratic Party maintains a national coalition 1857 - ____ - SCOTUS rules that Black people are not not citizens & Congress can't ban slavery from territories 1858 - ____ - These make Abraham Lincoln famous 1859 - ____ - A failed slave rebellion by a militant white abolitionist, this scared the South into preparing for war 1860 - ____ - won with no Southern votes, this is the immediate cause of SC's secession 1861 - ____ - first shots of the Civil War are fired by Confederates on Union troops in SC

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