The document outlines several key events and issues that increased tensions between the North and South and ultimately led to the Civil War, including disputes over the balance of power between federal and state governments regarding the issue of slavery, attempts at political compromises over the spread of slavery to new territories that failed to resolve the core disagreements, and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 which prompted southern states to begin seceding from the Union.

1. CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR REVIEW

2. Which one has more power? State Governments Federal Government

19. Election of 1860