What led to the civil war

The compromise of 1850

The compromise of 1850 was made by Henry clay. This man was not part of the north or the south and he made his compromise for many reasons. First he made it so that california, would become a free state and other states such as arizona, nevada and new mexico became free to choose what they wanted, being free or not. The compromise of 1850 was also about making Washington D.C a state with no slave trade but will keep slavery. Also this compromise was about texas who gave up the claims to New mexico for $10 million. The last part was the fugitive slave act it stated that all the citizens of the U.S had to help in the recovery of all the slaves that escaped.
This compromise caused even more tensions between the north and the south of the u.s between the slave states and the free states.

The kansas nebraska act

A senator calles Stephen Douglas introduced this act. This act stated that The two states Kansas and Nebraska had the right to choose wether they wanted to be free states or slave states. after this act was installed many people moved to these states to convince them to become slave states or free states. This created lots of fights and for the first time violence between the people against slavery and the people for slavery.

Presidential election of 1860

The presidential election of 1860 created lots of conflicts. The people from the south didn't want a president from the north and the people from the north didn't want a president from the south. This created lots of tensions between the north and the south and finally Abraham Lincoln was voted president. However the people from the south had no contributions to this election since none of them voted. This infuriated the southern people and made them not want to be part of the nation anymore. This was how the civil war started.