Leading to Civil War

1. Missouri Compromise (1820) (map)

This event led to the Civil War by igniting the fuse for the division of the states, into north and south. 

                              2. Wilmont Proviso (1846) (map)

This event led to the Civil War because it let people know that different parts of the United States wanted different things and they would fight for those things. 

3. Compromise of 1850 (map)

This shows that the states began to sort of pull together since they were starting to gain a tad more freedom.

4. Publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-1852) (image)

Uncle Tom's cabin depicted the life of a slave which really affected how the northerners felt about the south, and concreted their beliefs.

5. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) (map)

Lastly the Kansas-Nebraska act showed that people did not want to live together all in one democratic agreement and would fight for their protection.