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The signing of the constitution by the founding fathers occurred in 1787. In the constitution the words "Slavery" or "Slave" are never stated because the country as embarrassed about their use of slavery and they knew it was wrong. The constitution helped build up America and was a factor leading up to the civil war because of the power that was put into the constitution and the split it caused among American people.

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George Bryan was a judge who served as a vice president on the supreme court council of Pennsylvania, authorised the the legislation that then became the Gradual Abolishment act. To appease slave owners, the act gradually emancipated enslaved people without making slavery immediately illegal.

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In this event after the American revolution Great Britain gave up their land holdings of the northwest territory to the United States. This became known as the northwest territory. It was officially incorporated with the northwest ordinance of 1787. This leads up to the civil war because it was easily giving the United States land.

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The Northwest Ordinance was caused by Great Britain giving their land to the United States. The United states proposed to making 3-5 new states out of that territory. The declared that the territory would not allow slavery. Pro-Slavery people weren't happy about the decision but would go along with it hoping that the new states would be populated by white settlers. This would lead to the civil war because it had already started a divide between the southern Pro-slavery and the northern Anti-slavery groups.

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The 3/5ths compromise was an agreement between the northern and southern states that would only count three fifths of the slave population as "Normal" people in the population count. This count was used for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. This was obviously not fair or equal but to the southerners, slaves were just "Property" owned by the people. This compromise lead up to the civil war because of its "Bandage on a broken arm" fix. It was never going to be permanent and they knew that when they passed it as a clause.

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In the southern states, the invention of the cotton gin made the cotton industry basically explode. The cotton gin made it 100 times faster to get seeds because of how it easy the cotton gin makes it to take the seeds out of the cotton. The cotton gin basically brought the slave trade back to life, causing more need for slave trade and and created more tension between the northern and the southern states. This caused the civil war because of its negative intervention in the abolishment of slavery.

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The Election Of Thomas Jefferson (1801) 

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The Election Of Thomas Jefferson (1801) 

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The election of thomas jefferson was a big thing for the United States of America. He as a really beneficial president due to doubling the size of the United States with the Louisiana purchase. He was a big part in leading the United States to success but also lead to the civil war because of his part in splitting the North and South to hate each other.

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The slave trade clause was actually pretty simple but also extremely problematic because it stated that congress could not ban the slave trade for 20 years. because of this the north just watched slavery spread slowly across america. Creating more issues.

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Due to the slave trade clause, congress could not ban the slave trade until 1807. The act became effective on January 1st, 1808. The slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C meaning they couldn't bring more slaves into the U.S after they reached 4 million enslaved people in the United states.

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In 1819 Spain and the United states made a treaty called the Adams-Onis treaty. In this treaty Spain gave the east and west of florida to the United states. The land purchase was signed by the Spanish minister, Do Luis Onis and U.S secretary, John Adams. This event lead to the civil war because it helped encourage the tension between northerner Anti-slavery citizens and southern Pro-slavery citizens, over the expansion of slavery throughout the united states.

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Just before the compromise of Missouri, Alabama and Illinois applied to become a state. Alabama was declared a slave state, and Illinois was made a free state. During this process it was easy for congress to keep the balance in free states and slave states. However when Missouri applied to become a free state it threw congress because the balance would be destroyed. If Missouri became a free state the south would have less voting power in congress. Both the southerners and northerners fought for what they wanted. After months of congress trying to resolve the issue fairly, Henry Clay, came up with a solution. Henry's first proposal was that if they were to make Missouri a slave state then they would introduce Maine as a free state to keep the voting balance. Henry's second idea was to make a line at 36'30, anything above the line would be made a free state, and anything below the lie would become a slave state. This played a big part in the 19th century because of its big impact on the debate of slavery and how things would be handled in the future.

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The trail of tears was a part of the removal of Indians. In 1838 over 16,000 Indians were marched over many miles of rugged land and this caused over 4,000 of them to die from disease among many other factors during their relocation. The Train of tears lead to the civil war because it raised the hate between the Indians and American citizens and its effect on the 19th century.

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The oregon trail was a 2000 mile route starting in Independence, Missouri and leading all the way to Oregon city, Oregon. On this trek many people lost their lives and struggled through a lot. some people had decided to go off trail and had to resort to eating humans to survive after getting stuck in the snow. This led to the civil war because of its huge role in the spread across America.

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Manifest destiny was the idea that americans were destined/Supposed to, by God, travel west all the way to the pacific ocean and it was something that was inevitable and would happen to matter what. Although the people who didn't buy it thought it was code for spreading slavery across what was soon to be the bigger United states. This played a huge factor into the start of the civil war because it started the divide and the big debate over slavery.

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Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845 making it the 28th state admitted to the United States. This event was big for the 19th century and lead to the civil war because of its leading up to the creation of Mexican-American war. The annexation would tip the balance of free states and slave states which of course lead to an increase of tension among the north and south.

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The Oregon country was one of the first big successes of the manifest destiny journey. This land was very important to the United states and Britain, and at first the land was split between the two countries. But after a while in 1846 the Oregon treaty was signed between Britain and the United States to settle their ongoing boundary battle. This was important to the civil war because of its effect on the relationship between the United states and Britain.

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The mexican cession was around 525,000 square miles gained by the United states through war and then a treaty between the United states and mexico. This land was gained in the southwestern area of the modern United states. This lead to the civil war because it continued the success of manifest destiny which to some people meant "the expansion of slavery".

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In 1836 the nation was still in turmoil over the issue of slavery. People from the north had sent thousands of anti slavery petitions to Washington D.C, hoping to gain attention from congress. Congress choose to ignore addressing those petitions in 1836. The fears of further uprisings and the continuation of runaway slaves led to stricter slave laws. In 1846 war with mexico broke out. In the end the U.S ending up winning. And from then onwards congress had to decide whether to allow slavery. This was a key event in the 19th century because It was leaving congress with a big decision of whether to continue slavery to spread.

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The fugitive slave clause was another compromise between the breaks in the northerners and southerners relationship over slavery. In this clause made by Senator James M. Mason, it states that the people in the north have to return a run away slave, if they are found, back to the southerner "owner". The fugitive slave trade clause led to the civil war because it only made the northerners hate the "cruel" things southerners were doing to the slaves, creating a bigger divide between them.

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In the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854, the northern territory of the Louisiana purchase was official Indian territory, but in 1854 Senator Douglas proposed dividing the land into two parts. Kansas and Nebraska. Douglas wanted to open up the land for the transcontinental railroad to pass through. The act made it through congress. But it backfired and Kansas became a breeding ground for violence. 2 governments were set up, One that is anti slavery and one that is pro slavery. The Kansas area became known as "Bleeding Kansas" due to the amount of lives that were lost in the violence between the two groups. This was a key event in the 19th century because it was a big thing pro the anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups. It also had the possibility to unbalance congress, because of congress's decision to leave it up to popular sovereignty. Helping to lead to the civil war due to the gap in relationship it was creating.