What were the conditions of the compromise of 1850? who brokered the deal and how did the compromise manage to get passed through a dead locked congress? in your opinion, why did this compromise prevent civil war for the short term? note: the american civil war was just 11 years after the passage of this compromise. describe some early events of the women’s rights movement and the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s. how and why did those movements push for an end to slavery in the united states? provide examples of men and women who champion both causes. what were the final events that led to southern secession? what states seceded first and why did other states follow the original seven? where were the first shots of the civil war fired and why did the first armed conflict occur there? would one consider the eastern theater in 1862 to be the confederacy’s strongest military stand during the war? why or why not? provide specific examples. what were the key military turning points of the civil war in both theaters in 1863? how did the military strategies of both armies change after this pivotal year of the war? provide specific examples. what were the major problems facing the south and the nation after the civil war? how did reconstruction address them, or fail to do so? what successes came out of the reconstruction period? provide specific examples.