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SECTION 13.4: THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HW: Review for Test on Wednesday! Slide 2 California, Before the Americans Populated by approx. 6,000 Californios (settlers and ranchers of Mexican and/or Spanish descent) 150,000 Native Americans People lived primarily on large ranches or on missions Ranches worked by vaqueros (original cowboys) Main industry was cattle for hides and beef tallow (used in candles and wax). Slide 3 Slide 4 http://www.californios.us/ca/ Slide 5 Forty-Niner: Definition:______________________________________________________________ Why Significant?_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Californios: Definition:______________________________________________________________ Why Significant?_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Mariano Valejo: Who: _________________________________________________________________ What: ________________________________________When: ___________________ Why Significant? ________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Slide 6 NBC Learn The California Gold Rush Begins The Mining Boom Slide 7 California Gold Rush!!! January 1848 gold discovered by James Marshall at John Sutters Mill in California. Americans everywhere drop everything, literally, and rush to California, called the gold rush. Migration to CA jumps from 400 in 1848 to 44,000 in 1850. New migrants call themselves forty-niners. California applies for statehood as a free state. Slide 8 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gol drush/map/index.html Slide 9 John Sutter: What: ____________________________________________________________________ When: __________________Where:____________________________________________ Why Significant?____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ James Marshall: What:_____________________________________________________________________ When: __________________Where:____________________________________________ Why Significant? ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ California Gold Rush: Who: ____________________________________________________________________ What: ____________________________________________________________________ When: ______________Where:_______________________________________________ Why Significant? _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Slide 10 Strike it Rich :Interactive game http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gol drush/sfeature/game_swf.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gol drush/sfeature/game_swf.html Slide 11 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfe ature/poll.html Slide 12 Essential Questions: What were some of the effects of the California Gold Rush? p. 416-7 On the economy?_________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ On the environment?______________________________________ _______________________________________________________ On Californios?__________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ On Native Americans?_____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ On women?_____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ On the debate over slavery?________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Slide 13 49 th Parallel Oregon Trail Mormon Trail Santa Fe Trail Rio Grande River Region claimed with Texas Annexation Region of Webster-Ashburton Treaty Acquired by Gadsden Purchase Acquired by Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Region of Fort Laramie Treaty Slide 14 MAKE A MAP SHOWING HOW THE USs BORDERS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO