US Civil Rights Timeline

A US Civil Rights Timeline
 

March 20, 1854 Opponents of Democrats’ pro-slavery policies meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to establish the Republican Party

May 30, 1854 Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats’ Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party

Horace Greeley
June 16, 1854 Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of […]