Today in class we worked on our notes/daily blog. we also watched a presentation.
Today I learned about:
California gold rush
A sweddish immigrant became a mexican citizen name John Setter
James Marshal got hired and descovers gold dust in the bottle it had made proof that there was gold there and it got published and then the gold rush had started.
Gettin to california
They took covered wagons many people were unprepared and died from drowning, eating eachother, and starving.
You can pack many things in your covered wagons.
Faced manny troppical storms more down south
Panam steemboat
Faster but expensive and easier to catch sickness,
miners
they panned river mining and the long tom would take up a lot of gold.
lived in wooden house or canvas tents over campfires
people werent really able to afford supplies.
people started stealing each others gold
plannin the rout
in 1838 john plumbe had started plannin where tha track would be.
layin track
They had two railroad companies workin all the way till they meet up in the middle
thier record was 10 miles a day
they had hired chineese people
Union specific
Founded in Chicago on september 2 1862
The point of the railroad was to help
Natives would attack at times
causes of civil war
north did not need slaves because of the factory.
south needed slave cus they didnt hav that stuff.
beginning of war .
lincoln was elected and asked no slavery south left the union.
6 states followed.
major battles
first battle at bull run.
Battle of antetam.
Battle of shiloh.
Battle of gettiesberg.
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