Description: The California Gold Rush is when everyone from the East migrated to the West in search of gold

Cause N Effect: The cause was gold was found in the Sutter's mill in early 1848, The effect is the increase in the production of lumber and the creation of flour mill

Perspectives: Chinese and Irish men and women shopkeepers and prospectors the cultrual diversty that california has is evidence during the gold rush

Connection: California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.

Description: The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of the slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.

Cause: disagreements related to slavery were staining the bonds between the union north and south

Effect: the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished

northern perspectives: the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished

southern perspective: The ten-year armistice established by the compromise the nation further against slavery making many in the South fear the end of slavery

connection: because many Southerners, already weary of Northerners who were abolitionists, began to envision that all abolitionists were radicals like Brown

Description: an effort by abolitionist John Brown, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Cause&Effect: the raid on Harpers Ferry was denounced by a majority of Northerners, it electrified the South already fearful of rebellions of enslaved people, and convinced Southern planters that abolitionists would stop at nothing to eradicate slavery.

perspectives: Brown had hopes that the local slave population would join the raid and through the raid's success weapons would be supplied to slaves and freedom fighters with weapons and ammo

connection: Lincoln's speech in 1858 during his debates with Douglas made the republican party well known and opposed the extension of slavery

Description: The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which had a total of 1,866,452, and 180 electoral votes.

Cause&Effect: Because Lincon became president he shaped the future of the United States by ending slavery and continuing to guide the nation

perspective: electrical votes- can see that the parties are deeply divided

connection: Battle of Gettysburg

Description: The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863.

Cause&Effect: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to invade the North, aiming to gain strategic advantage by pushing into Union territory, but a chance encounter between the two armies in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, led to a three-day battle where the Union ultimately won

perspective: union - they were getting raided by the confederate and held their ground

Confed- were attempting to raid Pennsylvania to take over and take their land

connection: Death of Stonewall jackson 1863

Description: Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements

Cause&Effect: complications from wounds received at Chancellorsville, Virginia along with pneumonia. His body was brought back to Lexington, Virginia for burial in the cemetery on the South edge of town.

perspective: His death was strongly felt by The Confederacy and was a huge set back for them