Belle Francis Alden1853 through 1862
1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1852-1859 3rd Cholera pandemic
1853-1856 Franklin Pierce president of US
1853 Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory
1854-1856 Crimean War
1854 Nebraska organized as a territory
1854 Kansas organized as a territory
1856 Celluloid, the first thermoplastic
1857-1860 James Buchanan president of US
1857-1866 Transatlantic cable laid
1857 Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens
1858 Minnesota enters the union - 32nd
1858 India bill transfers government of India to England
1859 Darwin pub. Origin Of Species
1859 Oil Well
1859 Oregon enters the union - 33rd
1860 South Carolina Secedes from the Union
1860 Rifled barrel invented
1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln president of US
1861 Gold rush in New Zealand
1861 Colorado organized as a territory
1861-1865 Confederate States of America Exist
1861 North Dakota organized as a territory
1861-1865 Civil War
1861 South Dakota organized as a territory
1861 Nevada organized as a territory
1861 Kansas enters the union - 34th
1861 Transcontinental Telegraph completed
1861 The Apache Declare War on the US
1862 US Homestead act
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