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.