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Political Realignment Deepens the Crisis
Chapter 3, Section 3
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Early 1850’s Whig Party disintegrates
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1854 Republican Party is born
Centered around the opposition to slavery Grew rapidly in the North
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1855 “Know Nothings” became American Party
Formed by nativists as a group to keep immigrants out of political power.
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1856 Republicans nominate Fremont for President
“Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men, Fremont!” Democrat James James Buchanan wins the election
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1857 Dred Scott Decision
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1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates
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1859 John Brown leads raid on Harper’s Ferry
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