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Events leading to the Civil War
This timeline illustrates the struggle between the North and the South over the slavery issue. Time and time again they reached compromises only to have them fall apart. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the North and the South that allowed for Missouri to come in as a slave state and Maine would become a free state. Also a line was drawn above which slavery would not be permitted. This was the start of many compromises that tried to solve the slavery question without war. -
Compromise of 1850
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