Leading Up to the Civil War

Missouri Compromise: the Missouri Compromise was made in 1820 by Henry Clay. It was a compromise between the north and the south to regulate slave and free stats in the western territory.

Wilmot Provisio: The Wilmot Provisio was in 1846-1848. It was designed to eliminate slavery in the territory that was acquired from  Mexico.


Compromise of 1850: in 1850 Senator Henry Clay proposed a series of resolutions to the problems of slavery and the problems between the north and south.
 

Uncle Tom's Cabin: Book was published on March 20, 1852.  This book was written to show the true horrors of slavery. to all the people in the north it caused an out rage and could be what had actually caused the civil war.


Kansas Nebraska Act: it was in 1854 and it stated that the people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska could decide weather they ca own slaves or not.