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Samuel F.B Morse invents the Telegraph
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Zachary Taylor elected President
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
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Franklin Pierce Elected President
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Republican party founded
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Violece erupts in Kansas
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Buchanan elected President
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Scott vs. Sandford
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Cannibals All! published
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Lincoln-Douglas debates
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Lincol elected President
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110,000 factories in the North ; 20,000 in the south
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede
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Confederate forces bombard Fort Sumte
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Civil War Begins
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First Battle of Bull Run
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The Trent Affair
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Confederacy Created
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Battle Between the Merrimadk & the Monitor
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Cofederate draft law passed
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Battle of Shiloh
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Pacific Railroad Act
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Internal Railroad Act
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Chacelbruille
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Lincoln presents Gettysburg Address
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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Sherman enters Atlanta
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Sherman captures Savannah
