Event title : Raid on harpers ferry

Brief description: John brown took over a government building in harpers ferry trying to free slaves but they got caught

Cause: John brown hate slavery

Effects: increased tension before civil war

Perspective: John brown and enslaved people

Connection: connected to Pottawatomie massacre

Event title : Pottawatomie Massacre

Brief description: John brown and his men killed 5 proslavery settlers in kansas

Cause: attack on lawrence and charles summer

Effects: violence in kansas

Perspective: John brown and settlers

Connection: led to civil war

Event title : freedmen's bureau

Brief description: helped former slaves with basic needs

Cause: end of civil war and abolition of slavery

Effects: improved lives of former slaves

Perspective: African Americans

Connection: civil war

Event title : 14th amendment

Brief description:the 14th amendment granted citizenship to former slaves and protected their rights

Cause: end of civil war and of slavery

Effects: protected rights and expanded federal power

Perspective:African Americans and former slaves

Connection: after the civil war

Event title : wounded knee massacre

Brief description: us soldiers killed many native americans in south dakota

Cause: conflict over land and rights

Effects: many native Americans died

Perspective:native Americans and us government

Connection: westward expansion

Event title : gold rush

Brief description: discovered in California and a lot of people moved there

Cause: gold discovery

Effects: migration and economic growth

Perspective: californians

Connection: us westwaard expansion

Event title : election of 1860

Brief description: Abraham Lincoln was elected president winning most electoral votes

Cause: slavery issue

Effects: led to civil war

Perspective: citizens and enslave people

Connection: American civil war

Event title : battles of gettysburg

Brief description: union won the battle stopping the confederacy invasion

Cause: confederacy invaded north

Effects: confederacy lost hope for independence

Perspective: soldiers and confederacy

Connection: american civil war