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Gold Fever
Christian Asher and Tyler FainSlide2
Sutter’s Mill
January 24, 1848
Coloma, California
The gold piece that started the Gold Rush was discovered.
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California Acquisition
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Signed February 2, 1848
U.S. received territories of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and Colorado.
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Immigration
Roughly three hundred
thousand persons migrated
to California.Estimated length 1848-1855.
This included Chinese, Mexicans, African Americans, French, and Chileans.By 1850 twenty-five percent of California’s population was born outside the U.S.
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Travel Methods
Three main routes to California.
The most common was through the mid-west from the East by Wagon.
Many went by ship to Panama then by ship to San Francisco. Others sailed around the southern tip of Argentina to California.
“Coffee bad, Sugar dirty, and Bread Wormy”Slide6
Life on the Trail
Americans in pursuit of Manifest Destiny
Often travelled in large groups
Suffered from disease, starvation, dehydration shortage of animal feed, and infectionFear of Indian Raids
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Travel routes
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Indian Oppression
150,000 native Americans called California home in 1845.
30,000 left by 1867.
Native Americans had no say in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.Notable massacres- Old Shasta Massacre of the Wintun, Bloody Islands Massacre, and Massacre of the clear lake Pomo.
60% died by Disease.Slide9
Indian Population shift in California
This graph shows the population of Native Americans in California from 1770-1970
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Racial Tension
Many white Americans had never seen or met any foreign persons.
Competition for Gold, women, success
Foreign Miners Tax enacted in 1850 ($20)Tax in response to increased foreign competition (particularly Chinese)
Chinese exclusion act-1882Prohibited Chinese immigration for ten yearsSlide11
Diversity
By 1870 there were over 48,000 Chinese immigrants in California
Roughly 25,000 Chinese came over in the first two years of the Gold Rush
(1848-1850)
30,000-150,000 Native AmericansBy 1849 over 6,000 Mexicans50,000-60,000 Americans arrived in 1849
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Population Increase
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This Graph shows the population increase in California from 1850-1990Slide13
California Statehood
California accepted in to Union- September 9, 1850
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st state accepted in to UnionAccepted due to Compromise of 1850
Accepted as Free statePopulation increase due to Gold Rush
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Women in the Gold Rush
12.2 men to each woman
Women were often treated as objects
Wives were highly valued commodityDefined gender roles differently
Brothels and prostitutionWere common in Boomtowns.
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Life as a Miner
Often uncomfortable and dirty
Most miners had little money to spend
Little money they did haveOften spent on alcohol and
women
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Life as a Miner
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Boomtowns
Towns would spring up and die according to Gold mines
San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angels were all boomtowns.
San Francisco population change-
1848-1,0001849-25,0001860-56,8021870-149,473
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Modern California
Silicon valley located in San Francisco
Head quarters of Adobe systems, Apple, Facebook, google, and Pixar among others
Referred to as modern day “Gold Rush”
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Modern California
Modern day Gold mine
Many go to Hollywood seeking success but few obtain it
Many make money and exploit those who are trying to “stake claim”Advertised as Mecca for
Success
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Reed Gold Mine
Located in Cabarrus County
In 1799 a seventeen pound “yellow rock” was found on Jon Reeds property
Sold for $3.50 (weeks wages)Actual price-3,600Later started mining operation and died a rich man in 1846
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Norm the Miner
The mascot 49er is a term used for the prospectors who went west in 1849.
Reed Gold Mine helped contribute to “Gold Rush fever”
“Stake your claim” term for staking ones claim on mining area and
land
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Works Cited
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Holliday, J. S. The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience. New York: Simon and
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Holub
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