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The Civil War was a major event that had happened, and was started by many different ways. This was taken place during 1840’s to the 1860’s. Controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories did contribute to the coming of the Civil War. Even though there were other contributions of the coming of the Civil War, the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the Civil War were mainly politically, economically and socially. Extension of slavery into western territories in contributing into the coming of the civil war can be broken down politically, economically and socially. Politically, there were many causes of this, especially when it came to elections. Politically there were many elections and people who contributed in the extension of slavery into the western territories, as well with other things. In 1845, Congress votes joint resolution to annex Texas. Texas then accepts the annexation. After this the Wilmot Proviso was introduced. This was Dispute over whether any Mexican territory that America won during the Mexican War should be free or a slave territory. A representative named David Wilmot introduced an amendment stating that any territory acquired from Mexico would be free. This amendment passed the House twice, but failed to ever pass in Senate. The "Wilmot Proviso", as it became known as, became a symbol of how intense dispute over slavery was in the U.S. In 1848, Zachary Taylor was then elected president. With this the following year California seeks admission to the Union as a free state. Election of 1852 was a major event that happened. Franklin Pierce, who was a democrat, made national politics an arena where sectional and cultural differences over slavery were fought. Then later on in the Election of 1856 there were different views about slavery. James Buchanan was a democrat who was “Kansas-less” because of an appointment in London. John C. Fermont, was a republican who was against the extension of slavery. In