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The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was providing a choice whether or not to legalize slavery or not in the territories of New Mexico and Utah. The compromise was an event that led up to cause the civil war because it pushed the nation further against slavery. They made the North want to end slavery and the South was scared of the end of it. -
Civil War
The civil war was a conflict in April 1861 that ended in violence and was fought over the issue of slavery & between a state and some more non-state actors within the state's boundaries.