Compromise of 1850

The compromise of 1850 constits of many bills which help solve all the problem the union was facing. It started that texas would give the territory to santa Fe but be given 10 million $ instead. Also California would be admitted as a free state and New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would become free states as well. Also it said that the capital (washington D.C) would allow slavery but not slave trade. Finally the last bill was the Fuitive Slave act it stated that all citizens should helpin the recovery of fugitive slaves. This compromise is important in our study of the Civil War because these lead to tension between the North and South especially since the North ere required to help the south enslave poeple.

Kansas Nebraska Act

The Kansas and Nebraska act stated that Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to choose weather they wanted to be a free state or not. Consequently many anti slavery and pro slavery settlers went to Kansas to try and make the vote pro or anti slavery. Everytime the pro slavery won the vote the pro slavery citizens accused them of fraud this went on for a long time until violence erupted. This helped the civil war start because it was the first sign of violence over pro and anti slavery. Especially since they had to cohabit in the same state.

Presidential Election of 1860

In this presidential election President Abraham Lincoln won without any southern vote. This presidential election was very importatnt to the civil war because the southeners became aware that the North was soo big it had elected a leader for the whole nation without one vote from the south this build even more tension and infuriated the North and South. And everyone knew it could have only been resolved with war.