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California Gold rush slides

Nick and Preston

What and where was sutter's mill

●It was Beside sutters creek

●It was made when they discovered gold

●It was in upper state California

●They discovered the gold in 1848

●Sutters mill was in the town of coloma California

Who were the 49ers and what did they do?

●The 49ers were the people who lived in california during the time

●a large part of them were immigrants

●participated in the gold rush

●Mined a lot

●Some became rich others did not

What was a “Boomtown”? And what was the land law
of 1851

●They were towns in san francisco

● were mainly popular because of gambling

●The people participated in the california gold rush

●Laws for chinese immigrants

●Law said they needed many licenses

What were the conditions in mining camps and what
was the Chinese exclusion act

●Bad and dusty

●Barely any water

●The law said they needed multiple licenses

●Law said Could only mine in California

● law lasted ten years

Why was the california gold rush so important in
american history?

●It was important because of all the money and gold amassed

●Brought people to california

●Lots of gambling made it popular

●They affected San Francisco’s economy by having gambling and gold

●The worlds amount of gold doubled

Multiple Choice

What part of California was Sutters mill in

• san fransisco

• Riverside

• Coloma

• west cost

Multiple Choice

What did the 49ers do?

• Mine

• Blow things up

• cut trees

• make friends

Multiple Choice

What were boom towns

• Towns Popular for gambling

• places where people exploded things

• A town full of immigrants

• A town full of Police people

Multiple Choice

What were the weather conditions in the mining camps

• flooded and warm

• dry and dusty

• very rainy

• snowy and icy

Multiple Choice

What was the land law of 1851?

• a law that did nothing

• a law that said no jay walking

• a law where chinese immagrints were not allowed to mine

• a law that said only chinese immigrants could mine

Multiple Choice

What was the most important part of the California gold rush

• It increased our economy

• it gave us gold

• it helped many people

• It brought immigrants to the U.

Multiple Choice

After the California houses in San Francisco were made from old prospectors [blank]

• trees

• barns

• Ships

• Mines