GoldRush

California Gold Rush

Teagan & Mal

What were the details of Sutter’s mill and the the discovery
of gold in 1848?

●Discovered by James Marshall

●Discovered in 1848 in Sacramento valley california,

●California rapidly grew after the discovery of gold in the state.

●About 750,000 pounds of gold were discovered during the California Gold
Rush

Who 49ers were and what parts of the world did people
come from?
●People who came to california in 1849

●Made up of 80% Americans, 300 men from China, Mexico, South America,
Europe, and Australia

●90,000 approximate people came in 1849

●300,000 total came from other countries

How were “Boomtowns” affected by the land law of 1851?

● The land law of 1851 was following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

●Mexicans under the law of California lost land

●the law created a group of people who examined the land rights

●Americans would take land from Mexicans that were there before the Americans.

●Mexican people couldn't prove they owned their land

●Boom towns were places where population rose quickly

● The Gold Rush affect San Francisco because ships arrived daily to california to mine
for gold

●Population started at 200 in 1846 and 50,000 people in 1860

What were conditions like in mining camps? What was the
Chinese Exclusion act?

Conditions in camps

● Lonely and suffering hardships

●Men spent their time drinking, gambling, and fighting

●No police or prisons

Exclusion Act

●Exclusion act; first law restricting immigration

●Ban on chinese laborers

What were the short term and long term effects of the
Gold Rush on California?

Short & long term effects

●Short term- rapid growth,

● long term- The sudden growth made California become a state

●brought different people into America

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8,000 in 1840 to 100,000 in 1850

Multiple Choice

What was the exclusion act?

• law to bring people from other countries to California to mine gold

• Law to ban all miners who stole land from Mexican men

• Law restricting immigration and banning Chinese laborers

• Law to get rid of immigrants who took over land

Multiple Choice

About how many people total came from different countries?

• 90,000

• 300,000

• 250,000

• 700,000

Multiple Choice

What were the 49ers?

• People who protested for tax on mining

• People who prosecuted miners

• People who disagreed with mining gold

• People who came from different places to mine gold

Multiple Choice

What did the land law of 1851 support?

• having to pay fines to mine gold

• Allowing miners to mine on chinese land

• Mexicans under the law of califonia losing land

• Exporting gold to other countries

Multiple Choice

What kind of conditions were mining camps like?

• Life threatening

• Helpful for life skills

• Lonely and suffering hardships

• Very resourceful and safe