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The sugar act started. It got a lot of people mad and caused outbreaks in fights often. This leads to the Civil War because people rebelled against the sugar act and the government got mad.

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South Dakota gold rush increased western white population and settlement and this could lead to the Civil War.

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Mormons settle in Utah. ''On June 27, 1844, a mob gathered at the jail and killed Smith and his brother Hyrum. Though the Mormons had been considering migrating West, beyond the reach of the United States government, before their founder’s murder, the crime solidified this intention. And Brigham Young, who emerged as de facto leader after Smith’s death, had just the place in mind.'' - history.com, this leads to the civil war because there was an outbreak with the Mormons and then the Mormons ended up fighting for the North in the Civil War.

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California gold rush begins. ''The state recruited soldiers so that normal soldiers could leave the western territory for the battlegrounds in the East.'' -Historyculture.com

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The Great Migration along the Oregon Trail. The Great Migration along the Oregon trail had hundreds of thousands of emigrants reach the Northwest and the South got mad.

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Bleeding Kansas starts when Kansas and Nebraska decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. This leads to the Civil war because one of the states is gonna get mad and a fight will break out.

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Congress negotiates with Mexico to get land for a railroad. Now one of the states has a railroad for transportation for items and people, the other side will get mad and want one too.

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California gets admitted to the Union, Utah and New Mexico are decided to be in the Union and slave states by popular sovereignty. The land of Utah and New Mexico are going to be decided by popular sovereignty and one state is going to win and become a slave state. The North doesn't like this idea.

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America requires the Southwest from Mexico. Now they have to split the Mexican Cession so the North and the South get equal land, but someone is going to get mad and request for more land.

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Oregon is divided into two parts after President Polk negotiated with Britain. Oregon has two parts so the North and the South can get a part but one of them might get mad because the other one got better land than them.

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Congress annexes Texas after being denied in 1836 and threatening to become British territory. This, again, can lead to the Civil War because they need to figure out who gets what land.

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John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny, Manifest Destiny was used to describe the Americans feelings towards Westward Expansion. I think this could lead to the Civil War because some thought it was code for slavery and they didn't know what was happening.

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Congress allows Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be a free state in the Union. This could cause the Civil War because Missouri is in the north section of America but it's a Southern state with slaves, so I think the Northern state are gonna get mad

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Spain wanted to focus more on the war that was going on on their other, main land. They decided to sell the Florida Territory to America, which included Florida, parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Spain selling the Florida territory to America could lead to the Civil War because they need to find out which is a slave state and which is a free state, so people will get mad if they don't get the land they want.

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The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade was ended by the Southern congressmen joining the Northern congress men. This could make some people mad because they want slavery and Southern congressmen stopped it.

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, followed along by the Corps of Discovery, set off to St. Louis Missouri and explored the Louisiana purchase. This leads to the Civil War because in the future this land will be split and half and one side will have slaves and the other won't.

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French leader Napoleon Boneparte is negotiating the  Louisiana Territory with Thomas Jefferson. This could lead to the Civil War because the land will make problems with slavery and anti-slavery people.

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Slave labor is more needed in the South than ever. The South just created cotton gin. The cotton gin really riled up the North because now the South needs even more slaves and I think the North will get mad because of this

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Northwest Ordinance makes 3-5 new states from the territory northwest. They decided to ban slavery in these new states. I think this might lead to the Civil War because now the North has more land then the South

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After the American revolution, Great Britain gave up their land. The land stretched all the way from the Appalachian mountains to the Mississippi river.  This leads to the Civil War because, in the near future, some people will want slavery and some will not.