HIST 2300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lewis Cass, California Gold Rush, Free Soil Party
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The california gold rush (1848-1855) is considered to be a hallmark in american history as news of gold brought hundreds of thousands to california from around the. It received national and international attraction which transformed the new territory into a major metropolitan. California had become the center of heated political strife which had perhaps inadvertently but consequentially led to the national divide within the union. Many had arrived via sea voyage along the gila river or by inland wagon convoys by the california trail. 1 however travelers often faced treacherous challenges like the rampant cholera disease that ravaged unsanitary southern populations and native indian attacks. California was now new territory that opened new opportunities for transnational railroad tycoons like william aspinwall and cornelius vanderbilt. 4. Pressure between proslavery and free soilers began to transgress and zachery. Taylor, before becoming president had said that the union"s primary goal is to make.
