April 12, 1861

The Causes and Events of the Civil War

I had found out that Civil War was led by conflict over issues of how much control the federal government should have over the states, industrialization, trade, and especially slavery. The Northern states (Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. These issues increased tension between Northern and Southern states. There were a lot of causes and events that also led to the Civil War. Causes and events such as the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Case, the Underground Railroad and the Election of 1860.

Wilmot Proviso, 1846, amendment to a bill put before the U.S. House of Representatives during the Mexican War; it provided an appropriation of $ 2 million to enable President Polk to negotiate a territorial settlement with Mexico. David Wilmot introduced an amendment to the bill stipulating that none of the territory acquired in the......

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Title: Travel Journal
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