SECTION 13.4: THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HW: Review for Test on Monday!

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SECTION 13.4 THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSHHW
Review for Test on Monday!
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California, Before the Americans

• Populated by approx. 6,000 Californios (settlers
  and ranchers of Mexican and/or Spanish descent)
• 150,000 Native Americans
• People lived primarily on large ranches or on
  missions
• Ranches worked by vaqueros (original cowboys)
• Main industry was cattle for hides and beef
  tallow (used in candles and wax).

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http//www.californios.us/ca/
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Forty-Niner Definition__________________________
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Significant?______________________________________
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nios Definition_________________________________
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Valejo Who ____________________________________
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NBC LearnThe California Gold Rush BeginsThe
Mining Boom
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California Gold Rush!!!

• January 1848 gold discovered by James Marshall at
  John Sutters Mill in California.
• Americans everywhere drop everything, literally,
  and rush to California, called the gold rush.
• Migration to CA jumps from 400 in 1848 to 44,000
  in 1850.
• New migrants call themselves forty-niners.
• California applies for statehood as a free state.

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http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/map/index.ht
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John Sutter What _______________________________
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lifornia Gold Rush Who _________________________
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Strike it Rich Interactive game
http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/gam
e_swf.html
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http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/pol
l.html
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Essential Questions What were some of the
effects of the California Gold Rush? p. 416-7 On
the economy?______________________________________
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_________ On the environment?_____________________
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_______________________ On Californios?___________
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_____________________________________On Native
Americans?_____________________________________ __
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___On women?______________________________________
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_____________On the debate over
slavery?________________________________ _________
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49th Parallel Oregon Trail Mormon Trail Santa Fe
TrailRio Grande River Region claimed with Texas
Annexation Region of Webster-Ashburton
Treaty Acquired by Gadsden Purchase Acquired by
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Region of Fort
Laramie Treaty
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MAKE A MAP SHOWING HOW THE USs BORDERS CHANGED
AS A RESULT OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO