33rd United States Congress

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The 33rd United States Congress (1853–1855) was the federal legislature that presided over a tumultuous pre–Civil War period, marked by intense sectional conflict and major debates over slavery and westward expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialExtent states and territories of the United States ⓘ
chronologyWithin list of United States Congresses ⓘ
convenedDuring presidency of Franklin Pierce ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1855 ⓘ
followedBy 34th United States Congress ⓘ
followedByEvent further sectional polarization leading toward the American Civil War ⓘ
follows 32nd United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPart 33rd United States House of Representatives ⓘ
33rd United States Senate ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernmentBody federal legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativePeriod pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 33 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 33 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainTopic sectional conflict in the United States ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
meetsDuring 1850s in the United States ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableEvent enactment of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854 ⓘ
heightened conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Congress ⓘ
partOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
political history of the United States ⓘ
passed Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
precededByEvent Compromise of 1850 political settlement ⓘ
linked to: Compromise of 1850
presidentDuringSession Franklin Pierce ⓘ
significantFor debates over popular sovereignty in the territories ⓘ
intensification of sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ
repeal of the Missouri Compromise restrictions on slavery ⓘ
startTime 1853 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 19th century ⓘ

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Kansas–Nebraska Act → introducedIn → 33rd United States Congress ⓘ
33rd United States Congress → hasPart → 33rd United States House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: 33rd United States Congress
United States Secretary of State, 1853 → heldByDuring → 33rd United States Congress ⓘ