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The cause of the Civil War can be proved through many points. One main event that caused the war was the Missouri Compromise. The 1820 Missouri Compromise stated that the states below the 36'30 line would be slave and the states to the North are free. This compromise is basically separating the North from the South, and the South from the North, right off the bat. The Missouri Compromise led to many other agruments and compromises which also helped start the Civil War. The 1850 Compromise would have never been determined if it hadn't had been for the Missouri Compromise. Since the South was slave and the North was free the dispute over California was another issue. California was split in half due to this 36'30 line. The 1850 Compromise gave the North California and the South the Fugitive Slave Law. This law is contensious in both the North and South. This required North to aid in catching fugitive slaves. This law angered, and violated the Northern citizens because bringing slaves above the 36'30 line and into their states was illegal. In 1857, the Dred Scott case occured. This defended slave-owner's rights because citizens in the North were most likely against slavery, however, some citizens did own slaves. Dred Scott was a slave whose master took him north into free states where he lived for many years. After his master's death, he sued for his freedom from his new master, claiming that he had been in free territory and was therefore free. With this, The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional in saying that no compromise can create a line in which creates a boundary for slaves. In the election of 1860, the south threatened to secede if Lincoln won. Lincoln did win causing the South to keep their word in secession. South Carolina was the first to go followed by Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas(The Deep South). Both states believed they were right with the legality right in defending the nation. The North believeing that a nation has the right to defend themselves and make their own laws. The South stating that they had the right to secede. The Civil War was a result of the Missouri Compromise and other occurences that delt with it, including the 1850 compromise, Dred Scott case, the election of 1860, and finally the secession of the Southern States. These events causing the war to become inevitable. =)