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Transcript of Chapter 17.4 T h e C a l i f o r n i a G o l d R u s h In the early 1840s – Something bright and...
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Chapter
17.
4
The
Californi
a
Gol
d
Rush
• In the early 1840’s – Something bright and
shiny would catch America’s attention
– Gold…
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John Sutter finds something shiny…
• 1848, California
– Sutter’s Mill• Owned by John Sutter
– Employee finds a nugget of gold about the size of a pea
– Worth thousands of dollars!!!
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The California Gold Rush• 1849
– People go to California as fast as they can! • How fast?
– Population:» 1848 = 812» 1849 = 81,000
– Become known as the forty-niners
• What are they looking for? – The American dream…
» GET RICH QUICK!
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People abandon their lives back East…
• Once people heard there was gold out west:– Farmers left their plows
– Blacksmiths left their forges
– Tailors left their needles
– Sailors left their ships
– Doctors left their patients
– American economy stalls!!
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Prospectors look to get rich
• Prospectors– People who search for
gold along the banks of streams or in shallow surface mines.
– How do you find gold? • By playing in the mud!
– Called a sluice box.» Separates mud
from gold
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Heading to California
• Failure to Prepare• Men put on their best
clothes and bought a few fancy tools
• Without preparation many men died
• Disease• Fatigue• Indian Attack• Rattlesnake Bites• Starvation• Freezing to death
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The Gold Myth
• Once you were in California, your cares were over….right?– You could bend down
and pick up gold in the streams!
– You’ll be rich in no time at all.
– Not exactly.• By 1850
– The gold had run dry…
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The Growth in Population
• 1848– 812 people living in San
Francisco
• 1849– 80,000 people came to
California in search of gold
• 1850– 25,000 people living in San
Francisco• Leave to go find gold elsewhere
– Oregon– Utah– Nevada
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So who came for gold? Everyone!
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So Who Got Rich?
• The Storekeepers– The people who sold things
to all those miners who poured into California
– Prospectors had to eat
– They needed items:• Tents• shovels• shirts• Pants
– Richest man = Levi Strauss
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Life in the Mountains…
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Some tried to tough it out…
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Others realized they couldn’t go home…
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Some planned on retiring…
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Some had no idea, but thought it would be fun...
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Lasting Effects of the California Gold Rush…
• How did the gold rush help California?– Brought people from
around the world to California• Cities become mixed
between cultures– Splits towns into
neighborhoods» China Town» German Town» Little Italy
– Gave California enough people to become a state!• Happens in 1850
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Review Questions
• Where is gold first found in California?
• What is the name given to the people who come to California in during 1849?
• What is a prospector?