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Historian links California Gold Rush to Civil War
Original: Why Nathaniel Philbrick says California’s Gold Rush led to the Civil War
Historian Nathaniel Philbrick argues that California's Gold Rush played a direct role in bringing on the Civil War. Writing in the Orange County Register, he lays out how the rush for gold, California's rapid statehood and the resulting fights over whether new territories would allow slavery deepened the sectional divide that eventually led to war between North and South.
Why now: Fresh commentary by a prominent historian offering a new take on the causes of the Civil War is drawing attention.
Nathaniel PhilbrickCaliforniaGold RushCivil WarOrange County Register
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- Why Nathaniel Philbrick says California’s Gold Rush led to the Civil War · Orange County Register
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