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Causes of Civil War

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  • Missouri Compromise passed

    Missouri Compromise passed
    Missouri compromise was passed, which kept slave and nonslave states even, but caused sectionalism.
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    Civil War Causes

  • Polk elected president

    Polk elected president
    Polk elected president and pressed foward on acquiring Texas to become a state.

  • Texas becomes a state.

    Texas becomes a state.

  • Free-soil party nominates Van Burren

    Free-soil party nominates Van Burren

  • Compromise of 1850 passed

    Compromise of 1850 passed
    The five main points of Clay's original plan.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act.

    Kansas-Nebraska Act.
    Which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

  • Buchanan elected president

    Buchanan elected president
    Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States.

  • Dred Scott decision handed down

    Dred Scott decision handed down

  • John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry

    John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry

  • Lincoln elected president

    Lincoln elected president

  • Confederate states of America fromed

    Confederate states of America fromed