Important Event of The Civil War

COMPROMISE OF 1850, and THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, another matter came up again. After the war with Mexico, US had acquired a vast territory which questioned to be enslaved or free. California, on the other hand has petitioned Congress to enter as a free state. Finally came Washington D.C, which allowed slavery and eventually had the largest slave market in North America. 

On January 29, 1850, memebers of Congress debated the compromise. After eight months they've come up with Territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Utah would be recognized as nonslavery. Washington would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. California would be addmitted as a free state. This brought the compromise of 1850 which included the Fugitive Slave Act. This stated that fugitives didn't have the right to go to trial and had to assist slaves. 

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

This act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. However, this lead to violence when people started to disagree and had pro-slavery and anti-slavery. President Franklin Pierce stoped this violence and once again pro-slavery won the the election with fraud. As a result, Kansas was not allowed to become a state.

ELECTION OF 1860

Slavery became a huge issue in the United States. Abrahim Lincoln was definitely against slavery. So, to protect the country, he tried running for presidenty. At first he failed, but after the second attempt he succeded and became the President of the United States of America in 1860. However this added more to the tensions between the North and South. This event is important because it led to the Civil War. By the help of Abrahim Lincoln, slaves were freed.