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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was the conflict between the slave and free states on if Missouri, a new state at the time, should be part of the Union or part of the South as a slave state. This case was taken to congress to decide on if Missouri should have the option to become a slave or free state. Henry Clay, a congressmen, brought up the compromise now known as the Missouri Compromise. This consisted of Missouri being a slave state, because Maine would split from Massachusetts and would become the balance in the slave and free states. This event helped lead the U.S. to the Civil War because it made conflict, as the South and the North wanted to use Missouri as a way to be up in their number of states. The compromise was even to the North and South because it kept them at the same numbers.

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The compromise of 1850 was also proposed by Henry Clay. This compromise deals with more of the western expansion issues, as new states arise. This conflict in 1850 was coming from the new state of California, as they proposed to be a free state. The Compromise was partially successful because it brought people who had different opinions together for a limited amount of time. This compromise was a temporary fix for a much bigger problem. Because every part of the bill was submitted as separate proposals, Southerners were allowed to vote for the proposals they liked, as well as Northerners. Political leaders acknowledged the Compromise as a settlement of the issues that threatened to divide the nation.

This event helped lead to the Civil War because the North now had an advantage, which caused more conflict within the people. The North benefitted from this compromise.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Stowe. The book was an abolitionist novel that explained the slavery in the South. The Novel became very popular to the people of Free states because it showed how bad slavery was, strengthening their views and evidence. This event contributes to the lead to the Civil War because of the way the novel makes readers feel about slavery. The novel gave the North an advantage.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was another compromise deal for the issues of westernization and deciding if the new territory is slave or free states. This Act was proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas. This Act led to a lot of protesting and violence in Kansas, because the states had a choice to make on their stance. This Act made a lot of conflict between the two sides, leading to the Civil War. But this act was pretty even between the two sides, giving no one a big advantage.

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Ostend Manifesto was a document written by American diplomats. The reason for this document is because the Americans believed that Cuba should belong to them because it was so close to the US, but they needed to get it from Spain. This was pushed by people such as, James Mason and Pierre Soule, who were big advocates for expansion and slavery. This put the South at an advantage because this was something they pushed for. But this left the North very upset and this caused more of a hardship between the two, helping lead it to the civil war.

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Bleeding Kansas was essentially a small civil war between the anti-slavery and the pro in Kansas for the fight of the control of the state. Bleeding Kansas is a good representation of why and how America was so divided and very obviously split into two sections. This event was very brutal and violent, but in this event it opened the North to slavery, which left the Northerners outraged and the southerners joyful.

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The Caning of Senator Sumner happened on May 22, 1856, when a member of the House came into the Senate Chamber and beat Sumner with a cane. He did this because Sumner made a speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and said awful things about people. The member was Preston Brooks from SC. This event shows how terrible the ties were between the North and South, symbolizing the events going towards the Civil War. This event did not give either side an advantage as it made both sides look bad.

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Dred Scott was a slave who went before the Missouri courts and claimed that he was free on the grounds that he had resided in a free state and in a free territory. This case reached the Supreme Court, and was also addressed by Buchanan, who stated that he knew nothing of the court’s decision and went on to encourage everyone to ‘cheerfully submit’ to its verdict no matter the outcome. The Supreme Court decided that Scott could not sue for his freedom, was not free in Illinois, and that his stay in Wisconsin made no difference. Northerners were appalled by this, and used it as further proof that Buchanan, the Supreme Court, and the Democrat Party were involved in a Slave Power conspiracy.

This event benefitted the south because it reinforced their idea that slavery was okay.

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of debates between the candidates, Lincoln, and Douglas. These debates were about the continuation of slavery into the new territories. Stephen Douglas was pro-slavery and Abe Lincoln was anti-slavery. Lincoln knew that the separation between the North and South could no longer continue. Douglas attacked Lincoln by calling him radical, so in return Lincoln called for debates between the two. The Lincoln-Douglas debates gave Lincoln the best liked candidate going into the presidential election, giving the north an advantage in the election. But because the people liked Lincoln, they were able to push the North sides beliefs into the Civil War.

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John Browns Raid was when Joh Brown, an abolitionist, arrived to Harpers Ferry with a group of men to raid the town and make a statement in the abolitionists movement. John Brown’s raid was of much significance because it caused an uprising in the South. Northerners saw Brown as a martyr to the abolitionist cause, while Southerners were terrified that more Northerners would be willing to die in order to end slavery. Brown made many mistakes, such as having no plan, escape route, backup, or supplies, so this raid was also used as an example of what not to do when planning an anti-slavery rebellion. This event was not successful, but has major significance in the lead to the Civil War, as it made a big statement and made the South very angry. John Browns raid left the southerners kind of scared, giving the North an advantage.

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The election of 1860 held so much importance because it was the Republicans party first win in a presidential election. Lincoln won the election, which was very big in the movement towards the Civil war, as Lincoln was anti-slavery. This event was a very big advantage to the North, as Lincoln was loved by the Northerners and supported the same ideals on slavery as Lincoln.

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On December 20th, South Carolina became the first Southern state to secede. This was huge news in the current status of the country. South Carolina led a big movement after their secession, as 10 other states seceded after they did. This was a huge advantage to the North and Anti-slavery people. But Lincoln did not want all these Southern states to secede like this, leading it to the Civil War.