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Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise divided the nation into two. The Northern half were free states while the Southern half were slave states.
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Wilmot Proviso David Wilmot tries to pass law that would ban slavery in any state gained from the Mexican-American war. The law made tensions rise between the North and South.
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Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 addressed issues involving the Wilmot Proviso and made the Fugitive Slave Act stronger. However, it mostly just delayed the war without solving anything.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to the Sack of Lawrence in which fighting between Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery sides got out of hand. The fighting set the stage for the Civil War.
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Lincoln wins the Presidential election. This causes several Southern states to secede from the United States and form the Confederate States of America. The Civil War is near.
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