Causes Of The Civil War By Gregory Buffaloeсоздатель Malcolm Barclay
1. Missouri Compromise
1.1. 1820
1.2. Missouri Compromise
1.3. America Began moving west the issue of whether or not Missouri should be allowed in the new states forming out west became an issue .
2. Wilmot Proviso
2.1. 1848
2.2. Wilmot Proviso
2.3. Since the Missouri compromise did not apply to the large territory gained from Mexico in 1848,Representative David Wilmot Of Pennsylvania proposed at congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the untied states as a result of the Mexican American war. The proposal pass in the House but failed in the Senate
3. Free-Soil Party
3.1. 1848
3.2. Picture
3.3. In The Election of 1848,both The whigs party and the Democratic Party hoped to win by not taking a stand on the issue of popular sovereign