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the Missouri compromise was one of the event that lead to the civil war because it was the reason why slavery was stable. especially on the south and the north sides both of them had to be balanced because the north did not want to have slavery, and the south wanted to expand.

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There was an equal number of slave and free state until Missouri came around. To solve this issue Maine was cut in half to keep an equal number. This event led to the civil war because the confederacy wanted to expand slavery while the North wanted to remain a free state.

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The Missouri Compromise was declared unlawful or unconstitutional, and people that support slavery and people that were against slavery had huge argument when it comes to the separation of the territory, which led to them to vote for or against the practice of slavery . Therefore, all of these arguments led the United States into the very real start of the American Civil War.

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The Texas independence lead to the civil war because because the Americans declared that Texas should be a slave state but as Texas became a slave state than the south and north wouldn't be equal.

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I believe the Missouri Compromise led to the Civil War because Missouri desired to be a slave state within the United States. The government, however, did not want them to be part of the United States because it would be an unbalanced state. For example, there are 12 free states and 12 slave states. To maintain this equilibrium, Maine and Massachusetts were divided, resulting in Maine becoming a free state and Missouri becoming a slave state. Where it causes a disagreement between the south and the north. While the South wanted to expand slavery, but the North did not want to.

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The Missouri Compromise was made to keep an equivalent harmony among slave and free states. It was made when Missouri needed to enter the United States as a slave state, to keep up with this equilibrium Maine was made a free state. This could be an element that prompted the Civil War since it was made division between the United States

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The compromised Missouri aimed to create a balance between slave states and free states, the country was divided in this way, Missouri as a slave state gave the south one more state Maine Adding Maine as a Free State balanced things again .which would have a significant effect on the balance of the country and this led to civil war.

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The Missouri Compromise was made to keep an equal balance between free states and slave states in the United States. It led to the Civil War because there was not equal amount of states on both sides (South and North). The states that are on the South wanted to expand slavery while the states on the North did not want to. To make the amount of free states and slave states equal they added Maine.

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The Mexican war lead to the civil war because Mexico and the Americans had a conflict because they were being block and the northern state did not want Texas because they wanted to be a slave state.And also Mexico wanted to buy land to expand their territories but the Americans did not go along with it and that lead to the civil war.

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Due to the fact that there were an exceed number of Americans citizens living in Texas, So that led to the United State willing to fight in order to own Texas which means it will be a part of the United States. The difficulty is that once they gained independence, they wanted to join the US but as a slave state, which created a problem for states balance therefore they were neglected for over ten years, and all that lead to the start of the civil war.

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The Missouri compromise limited the amount of slave states that could enter the union. Any states that were above the 36°30′ north parallel would not be allowed to become a state. In addition, to make the number of slave and free states equal, they added Maine. This further showed that the compromise was trying to please the Norths wishes and put aside the Souths desire of expanding and slavery. This would cause problems and division between both sides of the country. Eventually leading the country into a conflict refereed to as the civil war.

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Texas held and incredible amount of American citizen. This led to United State wanting ownership of Texas. The problem is that Texas wanted to join as a slave state. This would throw off the balance of an equal number of slave and free state. Thus Texas were ignored. This led to the civil war.

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The Missouri compromise was caused by the lack of equal state on both sides . The south states wanted to expand their territory, while the north was against it,

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The division of non slaves and slaves on both north and south led to the civil war, therefore establishing a system which led to more slavery and even less compromising.

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The issue of Missouri statehood was first considered by the U. S. Place of Representatives in 1819, New York Congressman James Tallmadge presented a change that gave that the further presentation of slaves into Missouri ought to be prohibited, and that all offspring of slave guardians brought into the world in the state after its confirmation ought to be free at 25 years old.

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It can be said the majority people in Texas believed and agreed on slavery being a contributor to their economy, and along Texas joining the confederacy are among many reasons why the Texas revolution lead to the civil war.

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The Texas Independent led to the beginning of the civil war because after Texas got their independent they wanted to join the United States as a Slave states. But thier was a problem with having Texas being part of the United States because there was already a perfect balance of slave states and free states. That is when the conflict started in the Country.

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The independence of texas was founded thanks to a revolution of texas against mexico and also it is thanks to this independence that the republic of texas was founded after texas wanted to become a state but this caused a conflict between the north and the South because some Texans voted for it to have slavery there, the South won and Texas became a state. But this fight between North and South was taken very seriously which led to some disagreement. in the country. But during this war it made it easier for the Indians, Union troops invaded parts and cities of Texas but they fought valiantly. The final battle of the Civil War took place in Texas at Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville.

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Due to the fact that the United States took over Texas in order to expand their land after the Mexican war, now they wanted to expand more by buying California and New Mexico but the Mexican refused their offer so the United States took it by force in order to protect their border that led to a conflict which later on lead to the start of the Civil war.

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The Texas Revolution was mainly triggered and fought by American settlers who emigrated to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s. Texas was one of the least populated states in Mexico, but it was still inhabited, especially in the city of San Antonio. These Mexicans, known as "Tejanos," were naturally involved in the revolution, and many of them joined the rebels.

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The Mexican-American War was pursued for a long time on three fronts, and conflicts between the American armed force and the Mexicans were successive. There were around ten significant fights: battles which included a large number of men on each side. The Americans won every one of them through a mix of prevalent initiative and better preparing and weapons.

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Texas wanted to be part of the United state but it was blocked by Mexico. Northern state restricted Texas from join America due to it being a slave state. Mexico refused to offer up the land and claimed Texas. This led to the war. California was in issue since half were located in the north while the other half were located in the south.

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Texas wanted to be part of the United States but it was blocked by Mexico. Northern state restricted Texas from join America because America wanted an equal amount of slave and free state.

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Because of the new territories that were added, (Texas, California, Nevada) during the American-Mexican War, these new territories have increased the dispute over slavery which has lead to the civil war, it had a political impact and sparked many debates around this theme (slavery) after the end of the war with Mexico.

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The Mexican War lead to the civil war because Mexico wanted to control Texas. But after Taxes got their independent they wanted to be part of the United States. But the north states did not want Texas to join the union because Taxes wanted to join as slaves states. The united states was scared because after they got controlled over California and New Mexico they thought slavery would be spreading around the country.

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The compromise of 1850 led to the civil war because of the conflict between the north which was a free state and south which was a slave state.

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The Wilmot Proviso lead to the Civil War because It would have banned or cancelled the Missouri Compromise law about slavery. Therefore, it would have been an end for slavery in the South, the southern people were not in favor of the Wilmot Proviso but Northerner’s were in favor of it.

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The south wanted to expand slavery while the north wanted to remain a free state. There had to be an equal number of slave & free states.

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Kansas Nebraska act lead to the civil war because it broke the balanced between the free slave states and the slaves states and that lead to the disagreement between communities that was unified before.  a

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America wanted control over Texas, but Texas wanted to join as a slave state. This will throw off the balance of equal number of slave & free states.

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The Compromise lead to the Civil war because it put a conflict among people that were living in the country because the northern side or above the 36’30 Parallel were the free states, and bellow were the southern side which were the slaves states, and main thing both sides were supposed to have equal states, So if one side has one or more states than the other that will create more conflicts, Therefore, the answer to this was the civil war.

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Willmot Proviso would have eliminated slavery . South wanted to expand slavery.

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Wilmot Proviso was a law that passed that would’ve eliminated slavery, this was bad for the south because they wanted to expand slavery.

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The United States wanted Texas because there was so many Americans in Texas, Texas wanted to join the United States as a slave states but there was a problem because in United States there was already a equal amount of slave and free state so they ignored Texas which led to the Texas independence.

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The Wilmot Provisiono is an amendment, a law prohibiting slavery in the new territory that was acquired by the United States after the Mexican War, the creator of Wilmot Provisiono: David Wilmot established this law to establish peace and create a border between Mexico, he even proposed this law for the bill of rigth. The wilmot provisiono also divided the north and the south over the issue of slavery but many people in the south thought that slavery should be accepted everywhere in the usa but some people in the north did not accept this idea saying that Africans american were also humans.

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The Wilmots Proviso lead to the Civil War because there was a law that was pass that would limited slavery in the south. Also this law was intended to ban slavery in the territories earned thought the Mexican-Americans War.  That cause a conflict for the south because they wanted to expended Slavery. While the north did not.

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The Bleeding Kansas lead to the civil war because there was an altercation between pro-slavery and anti slavery and the pro slaver went to the other side or crossed the border with illegal equipments to illegally vote and that lead to a mass of people being killed.

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The Kansas Nebraska act led to the Civil War because it broke the Missouri compromise law because it raised the possibility that slavery can be extended in area or territory that it was banned as result of popular sovereignty which limits the Government Power of taking decisions but the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.

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The Mexican war took place due to a debate over Texas joining the U.S as a slave state. However, Mexico disagreed with this notion since Texas belong to them. And Mexico's disapproval to sell California as well as New Mexico also lead to the Mexican war.

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Now that California became a free state, that goes against the South's notion which was to expand slavery at a greater scale. In other words, The Wilmot proviso prohibited slavery into any land owned by the U.S, acquired from Mexico. All those events contributed to an upcoming civil war.

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Another contributor to the civil war was the Compromise of 1850, where, if one side; for instance the North tries to solve the issue of slavery or banning slavery, then a conflict will likely take place between the south.

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The Kansas act contributed to the civil war due to the fact that it allows slavery to once again find its root were it was previously banned. Therefore, ticking a conflict.

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Another event that contributed to an upcoming civil war was the Bleeding Kansas. As pro slavery groups stepped on forbidden land with illegal weapons (antislavery's land). As a result we have witness a  full out warfare between both parties.

Antislavery movement now became a thing, following the lead of John Brown, who himself took matters into he's own hands to end slavery, claiming he was call upon God. Therefore death increases like wildfire, making it a cruel conflict.

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The Dred Scott was among a variety of events that led to the civil war. It did so by embracing the agenda of slaves being valuable assets, even ignoring the fact that they were in a free state(s).

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Douglass challenging Lincoln’s perspective on race was also an aspect that contribute to the civil war.

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The independence of Texas led to the Civil War, due to the fact that Texas was gonna be a U.S. state and Americans wanted Texas to be a slave state. But as Texas as a slave state this would throw off the balance of free states and slave states

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This also led to the civil war because they had the southern states and when the US wanted to expand westward, the south of course would spread and wanted to take slavery with it but Mexico had gotten rid of slavery for a long time before. So the dispute was over territory.

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passed in 1820, the missouri compromise allowed missouri to be the 24th state of the united states (1818) but also caused confusion with the balance of free and slave states (which was 11 free and 11 slave). in 1819 Main became a state so the compromise finalized missouri is a slave state while maine is free

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The compromise of 1850 was an event to put an end to slavery, the disputes against slavery in the new territories which were added to the united state because of this there were separations between the north, the south, the free state and especially the slave state in the country which created an upheavals and which led to the civil war.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a collection of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.

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The compromise of 1850 lead to the beginning of the Civil War because this compromise allowed California to enter Union as free state. Formed territories of New Mexico and Utah and decision of slavery based on popular sovereignty, and ending slaves trade in Washington D.C. Also their was a law that was created a strict slave law that allow anti-slavery to Capture any slaves that were free to the masters. Which later led to the Civil War.

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Because of the Mexican war, Mexico was forced to cede what is now the Southwest to the United States. This meant that several new states would be admitted in the coming years. The question of whether new states should be admitted as slave or free states loomed so large that it undoubtedly contributed to the Civil War's escalation.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a set of measures passed by the United States Congress in an attempt to resolve regional disagreements about the state of American slavery.The chasm between Northerners and Southerners, as well as those living in "free" or "slave" states, was growing, and it would soon lead to the outbreak of the Civil War.

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The Kansas Nebraska Act, also known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, was a contentious bill that raised the prospect of slavery being extendedinto territories where it had previously beenprohibited. ts passage fueled the vehementdebate over slavery in the United States, which erupted into the Civil War.

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The Wilmot Proviso was enacted to abolish slavery on land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. It could have triggered the Civil War because it could have repealed the law that limited slavery in the South, which would have been unfavorable to the South because they wanted to expand slavery.

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from october 2, 1835-may 14, 1836 with three out of five battles lost between them and mexicans, texans gained independence. battle of gonzales with mexicans asking for their cannon back but lost with one shot (1835). battle of alamo when santa anna asked for texans to surrender the alamo, texans were defeated and killed (1836). (march 1836) Fannin and his troops were defeated and killed. soon texans   packed and ran away. battle of san juanitco, texans won (april 1836) Texas gains independence may 14 1836

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the u.s. asked for california and new mexico twice and offered Mexicans 30 million dollars. mexico denied leading to war. treaty of guadalupe ended the war in 1848. united states gained the new lands and achieves manifest destiny.

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The Kansas Nebraska act was one of the most significant consequences of the Civil War. This event led to the civil war because it allowed slavery in the territories where it was not accepted which intensified this debate in the United States.

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Dred Scott was a slave living in Saint Louis but one day he chose to go to court to find his freedom but this also had an impact later in the Supreme Court where he did not accept his freedom because of a vote. which had a big impact in political affairs and also what did not please his family. which more became one of the consequences of the civil war.

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democrat representative from Pennsylvania david wilmot put out the wilmot proviso which purpose was to keep the balance of slave and free states equal hence california being a free state while utah and new mexico are close to slavery. it was meant to ban any state gained from the aftermath of the mexican war to have slaves. sadly it went through the state but  not the house of representatives. north favored this decision while the south went against because they wanted slavery to expand with it.

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with north being against slavery and south being for, america was shakey on the west expansion.  famous compromiser, henry clay, offered many proposals to try to adjust the heat. there were 5 bills. one,  california being a free state. two, southwest territory can choose if they are a slave state or not. three, the borders adjust between texas and mexico. four, eliminating slave trade in D.C. fifth was a stricter fugitive slave law

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The Texas independence was a revolution fought by immigrants of both the United States and Mexico(referred to as tejanos). In this conflict, Mexican Texas wanted to secede from mexico. After its president, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, commonly referred to as just Santa Anna. Abolished the 1824 Mexican constitution and became the countries dictator. Numerous battles would initiate and would ultimately crown Texas as the victor. Though they won their independence, mexico would not recognize them as a Sovereign Nation. Texas, now rid of an obligation, would attempt join the United States. The annexation of Texas would not happen until a decade later, in 1845. This was because of the tension in the united states and the complications that would arise from another slave state being admitted into the USA. Interrupting the balance of slave and free states. The annexation of Texas would also arise another problem that would further contribute to the tensions and inevitable civil war, this problem, was known as the Mexican-American war

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breaking the missouri compromise by allowing slavery in states where it was banned, the Nebraska act of 1854 led to the civil war

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having popular sovereignty kansas was spilt in two with topeka being anti-slavery and lecompton being for. pro-slavery people rushed into the border armed to try and force kansas being a slave state. john brown and his sons murdered 5 pro slavery people. he felt as though he was sent to get rid of slavery

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Lincoln Douglas debate lead to civil war because in this debate Douglas insulted the idea of ​​lyncoln because he granted freedom rights to slaves (they could become citizens) and also lincoln allowed blacks to have relations with the white whether boys or women. which had a big impact in the nation and which raised against a war.

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dred scott was originally enslaved in Virginia  to peter blow, he then got sold to john emerson who moved scott to missouri, then illinois and wisconsin then back to missouri. he found a wife and grew a family. soon john fell ill and dred was under rule of johns wife. scott tried to purchase his freedom but the wife denied. he then took matter into his hands and sued for his freedom. he won the case because once a slave goes to a free state and go back to a slave state they are no longer a slave.

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The bleeding kansas lead to the civil war because of a war which took place called the Bleeding Kansas this war opposed the Kansas pro-slavers and the anti-slavers which did not go unnoticed and which had a significant impact on the political plan

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Douglas believed Lincoln’s views would push the nation to war because Lincoln wanted to allow slaves to be citizens and allow black men to marry white women.

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This issue led to the beginning of the Civil War because Dred Scott was a slave that wanted to gain his freedom. He was from Missouri and had lived in Wisconsin and Illinois (two free states). But after Scott returned to Missouri, his owner died. So, he asks his wife to ask the master to set him free with his family. But she did agree. That caused a conflict that went to the supreme court, where Scott’s lawyers argued that he had lived in a free territory, so he was a free man. But the court decision stated that slaves were considered property, and Scott could not file a lawsuit because he was not a citizen.

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The Mexican-American war was a war fought over disputed lands in the south of Texas. America would later not only take the territory of south Texas for themselves, but would take the provinces of what is now known as California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. With the massive spoils of war for the Americans. They now had gained what they desired, the completion of manifest destiny. The new acquisition raised problems. As now more slave states could be conceived. Tensions now tightened and would only increase to.

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the u.s. requested California and new Mexico two times and offered Mexicans 30 million dollars. Mexico denied prompting war. arrangement of Guadalupe finished the conflict in 1848. US acquired the new terrains and accomplishes inevitable success.