This war led to the civil war because the territories gained from this war, was the land that the civil war took place on. This is a cycle of conflict because the a land gained from war, was then used for the civil war. 

This is a cycle of cooperation that led into a cycle of conflict. It was a cycle of cooperation because it allowed for the Missouri compromise to end and for Nebraska and Kansas to become their own territories. This led to a cycle of conflict because this was the catalyst for the “Bleeding Kansaa” event later on. 

The compromise led to the civil war because it declared california as a free state. It also didnt regulate slavery for the remainder of the Mexican cession and it also strengthen the Fugitive Slave Act.