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Major Events
Chapter 18 · 1848–1854
California applies for statehood as a free state
1849
The Compromise of 1850
1850
The Fugitive Slave Law takes effect
1850
Franklin Pierce elected president
1852
The Ostend Manifesto
1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
The Republican Party is founded
1854
The Sack of Lawrence, Kansas
1856