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The Compromise of 1850
This caused the Civil War because it passed california a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act which said that anyone helping a slave escape would be fined and jailed. -
Market Revolution
The expansion of the market place, made new roads and canals to connect communities. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses.This caused the south to mad that the north is helping slaves escape. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Umcle Tom's Cabin is about the reality of slavery. This event caused the Civil War because the South took it as an attack and got the North really thinking about how devastating slavery really was. -
The Republican Party
This caused the Civil War because the southern states was against freeing the slaves which was what the Republican Party wanted. -
The Know-Nothing Party
The Know-Nothing Party caused the Civil War because it opposed immigration. -
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush caused many people to head out to California. -
Bleeding Kansas
Violence between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory
