Question: what were the major events that led to the civil war?
Answer: 1619-1865 | The Peculiar Institution. ...  1820 | The Missouri Compromise. ...  1831 | Nat Turner's Rebellion. ...  1846 - 1850 | The Wilmot Proviso. ...  1850 | The Compromise of 1850. ...  1852 | Uncle Tom's Cabin. ...  1854 - 1859 | Bleeding Kansas. ...  1857 | Dred Scott v.