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Millard Fillmore Presidency Timeline The Compromise of 1850 was approved |
Millard Fillmore Presidency Timeline |
Millard Fillmore Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events 1850 - He was the 13th President of the United States. He is one of five Presidents who were never inaugurated. 1850 - The Compromise of 1850, was approved on September 20, 1850. - The Compromise of 1850 consisted of legislative measures to reconcile the differences existing between the North and South concerning the issue of Slavery in newly formed Territories of California, New Mexico, and Utah. - The previous President, Zachary Taylor, had impeded the bill because he opposed the extension of slavery, but the new president agreed with the compromise - The Compromise was designed to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. It was relatively short lived as the Civil War broke out 10 years later 1850 - May 1850: Part of the Compromise of 1850 was the 1850 Fugitive Slave Bill which to provided for the return of slaves who had escaped from one state into another 1850 - The conflicts of the Apache Wars (1849 -1924) continued in the Southwest and 1850 saw the start of additional wars with Native Americans including the Yuma War (1850–1853), Ute Wars (1850–1923) and the Mariposa Indian War 1850 - The White House Library was established 1851 1850 - Gold is found along the Rogue River in Oregon 1852 - Commodore Matthew Perry's Mission to Japan (1852-54) that opened trade with Japan by the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. 1853 - His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Franklin Pierce Millard Fillmore Timeline of important Events Millard Fillmore Timeline - American Historama Millard Fillmore Presidency Timeline |