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I California's Gold Rush
- 1840- 80,000 people came to California looking for gold
- ______________- gold seekers

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- forty niners

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- Forty-niners - 80% Americans, others came from __________, South America, _________, and Australia
- 300 men came from China- helped establish ___________ American community

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- Mexico
- Europe

- Chinese

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A. The Californios
1. The Land Law of 1851
a. ___________ had to prove what land they owned
b. Many lost their land

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a. Californios

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B. Life in California
1. ____________ Gold Rush communities
2. California Gold Rush more than _______ the world's supply of gold

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1. Boomtown
2. doubled

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3. Few forty-niners _______ wealth
4. merchants made huge profits
5. _________ (pants maker) sold miners sturdy pants made of denim
a. "Levi's" made him rich

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3. achieved

5. Levi Strauss

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C. Gold Rush Society
1. men spent free time drinking, gambling and fighting
2. ______ towns - no police/prisons
3. _________- vigilance committees for security

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2. Mining

3. Vigilantes

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D. Economics & Political Progress
1. Gold Rush ended within a few years but it had lasting effects on ___________ economy

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1. California

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2. California's population grew from 20,000 in 1848 to __________ four years later
3. need for an effective government
4. California's request for _________ caused a crisis in Congress because of __________

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a. California banned slavery

b. Upset balance of _________ & ___________ states

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b.

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II. A Religious Refuge in Utah
- __________ members of the Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints
- came to Utah

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A. The First Mormons
1. ___________ founded church in 1830 in NY
2. Believed that _________ should be held in common

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1.

2.

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3. supported polygamy-- a man could have more than one ___________
4. moved out of NY

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3.

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5. 1844- Smith was killed
6. _______________ took over as head of Mormons - moved church to Great Salt Lake, Utah

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6. Brigham Young

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B. A Haven in the Desert
1. 1846 - _________ migration to Great Salt Lake- largest single migration in American history
2. Deseret- communities in the _________

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1.

2.

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3. self-sufficient communities
4. 1850- Brigham Young became _______of Utah Territory
5. Utah became a state in ___________

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4.

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