Causes of the civil war by Kelly silver

1. The Wilmot proviso:since the Missouri compromise did not apply to the large states gained from Mexico in 1848,repsentive David Wilmot of Pennsylvania proposed that congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States as a result of the Mexican-American war to be free soil a place where slavery was banned

2. Free soil party

3. Election of ZacharyTaylor in the election of 1848,the controversy over the slavery led to the development of Martin buren and the free soil party nominated senator lewiscass of Michigan proposed a soultion that he hoped would appeal to everyone. Cass suggest that the people in each new territory or, state decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.

4. The compromise of 1850 congress finally passed five bills based on clays proposals.this series of laws became known as the compromise of 1850. President Zachary Taylor had opposed the compromise .

5. The economy of the north and south.

5.1. The north was industrial with factory and paid workers.the south was agricultural with large plantions and small .slave labor was used in the south.

6. The Missouri compromise

6.1. As America began moving west the issue of whether or not slavery should be allowed in the new states forming out west the issue .the first state in which this became an was Maine . It's addition to the United States threatened to upset the balance between the north and the south states. In 1820 senator Henry clay persuaded congress to approve the Missouri compromise was admitted compromise.the Missouri compromise stated to the union was admitted as a free state.Missouri was admitted as a slave state.territory north of Missouri southern border was free southern slave owners gained the right to pursue escaped fugitive into free regions.