The California Gold Rush

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The California Gold Rush The Rush Begins 1848, gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California Sierra Nevadas San Francisco residents abandon city to pan for gold Gold rush, or migration of prospectors to California in 1849 Forty-niners, gold prospectors, come from Asia, South America, Europe

The California Gold Rush Impact of Gold Fever San Francisco becomes supply center for miners, major port Gold Rush Brings Diversity By 1849, California’s population exceeds 100,000 Chinese, free blacks, Mexicans migrate in large numbers Slavery permitted until outlawed by 1849 constitutional convention California joins Union in 1850

Sutter's Mill and the beginnings of the California Gold Rush

Mining Operations on the American River near Sacramento, c. 1850

White and Chinese miners hoping to strike it rich during the California Gold Rush, 1852

By 1851, the gold rush had made San Francisco a thriving port city

Homework Assignment In the late 1840s California became a draw to hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life. Do you think the potential rewards of gold outweighed the hardships individuals has to endure? Support your answer.