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A proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. It was unsuccessful.
It helped lead to the Civil War because it caused further tensions between the North and South due to its division of congress.

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Slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states. It prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia, settled a Texas boundary dispute, and established a stricter fugitive slave act.
It led to the Civil War because it made people even more against slavery, which increased their passion of fighting in/for the war

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It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to the enslaver and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate.
It helped lead to the American Civil War because the act contributed to the growing polarization of the country over the issue of slavery.

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It was an act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was signed into law by President Franklin Pierce. It repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820  because it allowed white male settlers  to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery.
It led to the civil war due to its increase in the intensity of the debate of slavery.

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The principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political prowess. It means that democratic government is BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
This was a result of the Kansas- Nebraska Act.
It helped lead to the Civil War because pro- and anti-slavery elements came into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery either up or down

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Violent breakouts that emerged from the Kansas- Nebraska Act. It was pro slavery vs. abolitionists.
It led to the Civil War because the vote over the status of the new territory caused both sides to fight for their beliefs which caused further tensions leading to the war.

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Dred Scott and the Dred Scott Decision (supreme court case)- 1857

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Dred Scott and the Dred Scott Decision (supreme court case)- 1857

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The U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. This outraged abolitionists and fueled their anger, leading to the civil war.

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen A. Douglas, in a campaign for one of Illinois' two United States Senate seats. Although Lincoln lost the election, these debates launched him into national prominence which eventually led to his election as President of the United States. Lincoln’s election gave him power in starting the Civil War

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It assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armoury located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown  hoped that the local slave population would join the raid and through the raid’s success weapons would be supplied to slaves and freedom fighters throughout the country, but this was not the case, and Brown was quickly placed on trial and charged with treason against the state of Virginia, murder, and slave insurrection. Brown was sentenced to death for his crimes and hanged on December 2, 1859. The raid made any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible, leading to the civil war.

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Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union). His election allowed him to lead the civil war.

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the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender by the United States Army. It is known as the beginning the American Civil War