Northwest ordinance (1787)
it created the northwest territory and was the first territory organized. It can be seen as a cause because It helped set the stage for national competition over admitting free and slave states

Missouri compromise
Was a division between slavery and antislavery. Can be seen as a cause because it prohibited slavery in the Louisiana territory

Texas annexation (Feb 1845)
After declaring Texas independence from Mexico the favored the annexation by the lone star republic by the United States. This can be seen as a course of the civil war because the democrats and Whigs object Texas because the were a vas slave regain.

Mexican American war (May 1845)
Was a war over Texas territory between America and Texas. This can be seen as a cause because people believed that all Americans fraught for the land that it should be free.

Wilmot proviso (August 1846)
Would've banned slaver in territories aqueduct from Mexico in the Mexican war . The can be seen as a cause of the American civil war because slavery would have been banned in the U.S. territories after the Mexican war.

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• Was a short lived political party found in suffalo, New York
• It can be seen as a cause becase the leaders were from thw whigs and were anti slavery.

Compromise of 1850
Was a package of five bills that defused a four year confrontation between slaver and antislavery. It can be seen as a cause because it defused the confrontation between antislavery and slavery believers.

Fugitive slave law (1850)
Was a part of the compromise of 1850 that all escaped slaves were returned to their masters. This can be seen as a cause because it allowed slaves to be captured and returned to their masters.

Kansas Nebraska act (1854)
Crated Kansas and Nebraska territory. It can be seen as a cause because it allowed the whit man it the territory to choose if they were a free state.

Republican part is founded (1854)
Is one of the two main political parties. It can be seen as a cause because antislavery believers found the party.

Bleeding Kansas (1857)
Was a series of violent political confrontations. Can be seen as a cause because antislavery were involved.

Dred Scott decision
Was a decision that African American can't be a American citizen. It can be seen as a cause because it said that African Americans can't be seen as a citizen of the United States.

Election of 1860
Served as immediate impetus of the American Civil War and ended with. Arborham Lincoln. As president. Can be seen as a cause because it southerners didn't want Lincoln as president because he was antislavery.

South Carolina seceded from the union.
They seed because they didn't like the Laws. It can be seen as a cause because Carolina was a slavery state and they role from the union because they didn't like their laws.