1. By Ava, Allison, Arjun, Chris, Cody and Steven
California Gold Rush
By Ava, Allison, Arjun, Chris, Cody and Steven

2. Key Vocabulary Words
Territory: a place owned and governed by a country.
Gold rush: a huge movement of people bring to find gold.
Forty-niners: A person who went to California seeking gold in the gold rush
Cape: A point of land that reaches out into the ocean.
Clipper ships: The fastest ship in the time.

3. Key Vocabulary (Continued)
Isthmus: a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas.
Swamp: a low wet area usually covered by shallow water.
Claim: An area a miner said belonged to him or her.
Industry: All the businesses that make one kind product or provide one kind of service.

4. Key Vocabulary Words (continued#2)
Entrepreneur: a person who sets up a new business.
Free enterprise: a kind of economy in which people can own and run their own businesses.
Consumers: the people who buy a product or service.
Population: the number of people living there.
Vigilante: a person who takes the law into his or her own hands.

5. Key Vocabulary Words (continued#3)
Discrimination: the unfair treatment of people because of such things as their religion, their race, or their birth place.
Technology: the way people use new ideas to make tools or machines.
Line Graph: a graph that uses a line to show changes overtime.
Hydraulic Mining: A way to mine gold easily.

6. Major Events Gold was found in California
Sam Brannan tells everyone he sees
President James Polk tells the entire country about the discovery in the American River
THE RUSH IS ON!!!!!!!!!!
Clipper Ships start making trips to California
People start turning into vigilantes Some people start discrimination
People start becoming enslaved and forced to dig for gold
Slaves began to buy freedom for them and all of their friends.
Hydraulic Mining(A way to mine with water) was invented
Hydraulic Mining was made illegal by the United States Government

7. Major People
John Sutter: The boss of the man who first found gold in California
James Wilson Marshall: The man who first found gold in California
Sam Brannan: The man who spilled the beans on the secret about the discovery of gold
President James Polk: The president during the time period of the gold rush. He had to make lots of important decisions and laws
“Buckeye Diggers Matterson”: Creator of Hydraulic Mining
Slaves in general: Encouraged other people to use gold for bribery. They did this by buying their and their friends and families freedom from their masters

8. Time Period 1848-1849: 1849, first person found gold
December 1848, President James Polk told congress about discovery
In 1849, Mifflin Gibbs set out to New York to search for gold.
1852, thousands of Chinese also joined

9. Time Period (continued)
United States became a leader in producing gold in the 1850's
Before the Gold Rush began, San Francisco only had about 900 people. By 1849, it had 6,000 people. In 1850, more than 35,000 people filled the streets
January 24, 1848: Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill.

10. Time Period (continued #2)
45,00 people reached California by traveling overland
By the mid 1850’s, most of the gold on the ground was found and discovered.
In 1850, Sacramento had terrible floods.
In 1884, California made Hydraulic Mining against the law.
Population grew fast after the Gold Rush in 1848.

11. Facts
Some Hardships coming to California were storms, starvation, dehydration, and lack of courage.
Hydraulic Mining was made illegal because it wastes water and it can be dangerous because of the high powered flow.
People made less than $10.00 a day!!!!!!
John Sutter made an oath with James Marshall that they would keep it secret forever, but word got out within 6 weeks.
Alaska also had a GOLD RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!

12. Facts (continued)
Hydraulic Mining was way easier than other ways and it also did not require carrying around heavy pickaxes, shovels, and hoes.
James Polk was president during the Gold Rush
James Marshall was the man who first picked up gold in CA on January 24, 1848
The population of CA grew by 250,00 people during the Gold Rush

13. BONUS QUESTION
BONUS QUESTION (Does not count on your test grade. This question was not mentioned in PowerPoint or Social Studies Book. Hint: The actual Rush happened in a tributary in that state). Which other American State had a Gold Rush?
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