Events Leading to Cival war

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wanted to ban slaver in the mexican cession ternitory and west excluding Texas.Texas already had slavery so they were going to mess with Texas.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Keep the balance between slave and free henry clay.To help slaveholders recaptune runaway slaves
  • Dred scott

    Dred scott

    Dred scott was a slave that sued for his freedom americans were not citizens and could not sue.Slaves wer proprty and increased the tension between the northern and southern states.
  • Election of 1860

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