Causes of the Civil War

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787- the ban of slavery North of the Ohio river and the allowance of it to the South

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Louisiana Purchase- The purchase of the span of land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky mountains and Louisiana to Montana, estimate to be 827, 987 square miles

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The Missouri Compromise- Missouri becomes a slave state, Maine becomes a free state, slavery is prohibited above 36, 30 degrees

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Atlantic Slave Trade-The trade of slaves from western Africa to America as part of the triangular trade route of Europe, North America, and Africa from the 16th-19th century

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Compromise of 1850-California becomes a free state, Utah and new Mexico territories will determine if they allow slavery, Texas cedes annexed territory to New Mexico territory , slave trade is eliminated in Washington, D.C, fugitive slave law revised and made stricter

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Kansas Nebraska Act-repealed the Missouri Compromise line 36, 30 degrees, allowed for territories to keep slavery or not, made it so that people of Kansas and Nebraska could vote on slavery

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Political Parties- The 2 party system developed to counter the issue of slavery. The Wigs(republican) and Henry Clay. The democrats and Andrew Jackson. The Wigs are the North and the Democrats are the South