Douglas Thwarts Buchanan Attempt To Push Lecompton Through Congress
John Brown Advances His Insurrectionist Plan
Kansas Voters Ratify The Topeka Constitution Banning All Blacks From Residency
Know Nothings And Catholics Battle On “Bloody Monday” In Louisville
Buchanan’s Term Gets Under Way
Pierce Delivers His Message On “The Disturbances In Kansas”
John Brown Takes Revenge In His Potawatomie Massacre
The Dred Scott Decision Further Divides The Nation
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Governor Robert Walker Sent To Solve The Problems In Kansas
Georgia’s Robert Toombs Makes The “States Rights” Case For Slavery In Boston
The Pro-Slavery Lecompton Constitution Is Completed
The Hold-Out Whigs Hold Their Nominating Convention
William Walker’s Filibuster Of Nicaragua Collapses
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Governor John Geary Quells The Open Warfare In Kansas
Buchanan Moves To “Clean Up Utah”
James Buchanan Is Elected As America’s Fifteenth President
After 133 Ballots The New House Selects A “Know-Nothing” As Speaker
The Republican Hold Their Formal “Organizing Meeting” In Pittsburgh
Fighting Continues In “Bloody Kansas”
Federal Troops Disband The Topeka Legislature
Governor Geary’s Resignation Is Another Set-Back In Kansas
The Political Parties Convene To Select Candidates For The 1856 Races
The Congressional Search For Solutions In Kansas Remains Stalled
John Brown Advances His Planned Raid On Harpers Ferry
Buchanan Sacks Kansas Governor Robert Walker
Kansas Voters Reject The Lecompton Constitution
The Nation Is Shocked By A Brutal Assault In The Senate On Charles Sumner
Violence In Kansas Continues At The Battle Of Black Jack
The Crisis In Kansas Is Debated By Douglas And Seward
Mountain Meadow Massacre Further Inflames Anti-Mormon Sentiment
A North-South Schism Marginalizes The Know Nothing Party
Panic Of 1857 Rocks The Economy
The Free Party Wins Control Over The “Official” Kansas Legislature
A Small Group Of Republicans Meet To Formulate Election Strategies
The “Wakarusa War” Presages Greater Violence To Come In Kansas
Filibusterer William Walker Seizes The Nation of Nicaragua
Pro-Slavery Forces Attack The Town Of Lawrence, Kansas
Pierce Fires Governor Reeder Who Joins The Free State Party In Kansas
Buchanan Still Tries To Save The Lecompton Constitution
The Kansas Free Staters Draft A Constitution At Topeka Excluding Black Residents