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Place these historical events in chronological order.

The landmark case Dred Scott v. Sandford identified the legality of slavery throughout the United States and/or territories, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States

The Louisiana Purchase is made, doubling the size of the United States with the stroke of a pen, and opening the land in the West for future exploration and development.

Showing just how tense the topic of slavery had become within the United States, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor over their differences regarding the institution of slavery.

The seven debates for the Senate Illinois seat between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Democrat Stephen A. Douglas did not secure Lincoln a victory, but it did thrust him into the national spotlight.

In Seneca Falls, New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and 300 other like-minded reformers attended the first national women’s rights convention in the United States. The group signed the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments which outlined its goals, including is demand for women’s suffrage.