1. The Gold Rush

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California Gold Rush – the flocking of people to California in search of gold

3. The Gold Rush 1.Forty-niners – gold seekers who went to California
Named this because most left home in 1849

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“At that time, gold fever was contagious”

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a. gold-mining was difficult
and few became rich

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b. most had no mining experience and came to prospect or search for gold

7. The Gold Rush 2. Most popular method was placer mining – put dirt in a
pan and ran water over it
to uncover gold pieces

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9. The Gold Rush 3. Mining camps sprung up wherever people gathered to
search for gold

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4. Most miners were young,
unmarried men

11. The Gold Rush 5. Gold fever lured miners from around the world
a. Chinese immigrants known as gam saan haak

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6. California’s economy changes overnight

15. The Gold Rush a. California becomes a state after
only 2 years because population
is so large