Causes of the Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise of 1820

    Missouri Compromise of 1820
    Henry Clay created a document compromising missouri being a slave state and maine a free state.
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    Causes of the civil war

  • Wilmot Proviso

    David Wilmot made a bill that was made to compromise/settle the american-mexican war.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Henry Clay gave a speech about compromising the issues that divided the United states..
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    the fugitive slave act was when the antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, and the prohibition of slave-trading in the District of Columbia.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    the kansas-nebraska act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    A series of violent political meetings over anti-slavery and slavery.
  • Dred Scott v Sandforrd

    Dred Scott returned to Missouri and unsuccesfully attempted to sue for his freedom.
  • Lincoln Douglas Debates

    Lincoln Douglas Debates
    A series of seven debates over the spot on the senate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.