What were the key events and individuals during the 1850s that helped to propel the nation towards Civil War?

Question

What were the key events and individuals during the 1850s that helped to propel the nation towards Civil War?

Answer 1

The South had all the Cotton mills and much of the shipping ports .The North wanted them and started the war to remove the "financial difficulty's" of paying the South When after all .Any time the Union has a problem -They just take it.

Answer 2

Compromise of 1850

Wilmot Proviso

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas Nebraska Act

Formation of the Republican party

Dred Scott Decision

John Brown's raid on Harper 'sFerry

Lincoln Douglas debate over states rights and popular sovereignity