Causes of the Civil War

1. Free Soil Party

1.1. 1848

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2. Election of Zachary Taylor

2.1. 1848

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3. Compromise of 1850

3.1. 1850

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4. Fugitive Slave Act

4.1. 1850

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5. Uncle Tom's Cabin

5.1. 1852

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6. Kansas Nebraska Act

6.1. 1854

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7. Bleeding Kansas

7.1. 1855

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8. Bloodshed in the Senate

8.1. 1854

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9. Republican Party

9.1. 1854

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10. Election of 1856

10.1. 1856

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11. Dred Scott v. Sanford

11.1. 1857

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12. Lincoln and Douglas Debates

12.1. 1858

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13. John Brown Attacks Harper's Ferry

13.1. 1859

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14. Political Parties Divide

14.1. 1860

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15. Southern States Secede

15.1. 1860

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16. The Confederate States of America

16.1. 1861

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17. Crittenden Plan

17.1. 1861

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18. Missouri Compromise

18.1. 1820

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19. Wilmot Proviso

19.1. 1848

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