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I California's Gold Rush
- 1840- 80,000 people came to California looking for gold - ______________- gold seekers |
- forty niners
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- Forty-niners - 80% Americans, others came from __________, South America, _________, and Australia
- 300 men came from China- helped establish ___________ American community |
- Mexico
- Europe - Chinese |
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A. The Californios
1. The Land Law of 1851 a. ___________ had to prove what land they owned b. Many lost their land |
a. Californios
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B. Life in California
1. ____________ Gold Rush communities 2. California Gold Rush more than _______ the world's supply of gold |
1. Boomtown
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3. Few forty-niners _______ wealth
4. merchants made huge profits 5. _________ (pants maker) sold miners sturdy pants made of denim a. "Levi's" made him rich |
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5. Levi Strauss |
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C. Gold Rush Society
1. men spent free time drinking, gambling and fighting 2. ______ towns - no police/prisons 3. _________- vigilance committees for security |
2. Mining
3. Vigilantes |
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D. Economics & Political Progress
1. Gold Rush ended within a few years but it had lasting effects on ___________ economy |
1. California
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2. California's population grew from 20,000 in 1848 to __________ four years later
3. need for an effective government 4. California's request for _________ caused a crisis in Congress because of __________ |
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a. California banned slavery
b. Upset balance of _________ & ___________ states |
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II. A Religious Refuge in Utah
- __________ members of the Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints - came to Utah |
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A. The First Mormons
1. ___________ founded church in 1830 in NY 2. Believed that _________ should be held in common |
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3. supported polygamy-- a man could have more than one ___________
4. moved out of NY |
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5. 1844- Smith was killed
6. _______________ took over as head of Mormons - moved church to Great Salt Lake, Utah |
6. Brigham Young
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B. A Haven in the Desert
1. 1846 - _________ migration to Great Salt Lake- largest single migration in American history 2. Deseret- communities in the _________ |
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3. self-sufficient communities
4. 1850- Brigham Young became _______of Utah Territory 5. Utah became a state in ___________ |
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