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25 Cards in this Set
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John Sutter
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He decided to build a sawmill at Coloma on the banks of the American River.
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James Marshall
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John Sutter hired a Carpenter named James Marshall and several other workers to Build the Sawmill.
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Forty-Niners
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Gold seekers were called 49ers because many of them arrived in1849 to look for gold.
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Isthmus of Panama
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The Isthmus of Panama connects North America and South America.
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Entrepreneur
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An entrepreneur is a person who sets up a new business.
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Discrimination
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Discrimination is the unfair treatment of people because of such things as their religion, their race, or their birthplace.
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Inflation
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The shortages of goods and labor caused inflation, Or a sharp increase in prices.
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Vigilante
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A vigilante is a person who takes the law into His or her own hands.
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Levi Strauss
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One of the most successful entrepreneurs was Levi Strauss. Along with a tailor named Jacob Davis, he developed a product that miners liked and needed, blue jeans. They designed the jeans to be tough and to last a long time. The jeans were made from denim, a rugged material, and had metal rivets at the corners of their pockets make them strong.
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Gold Rush
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A Gold Rush is a huge movement of people going to a place to look for gold.
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Isthmus
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A narrow piece of land that connects to larger land areas.
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Claim
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The area a miner said belonged to him or her.
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Consumer
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A person who buys a product or a service.
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Convention
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An important meeting.
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Compromise
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An agreement in which each side in a conflict gives up some of what it wants.
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Delegate
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A person who is chosen to speak for people who elected him or her.
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Constitution
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A plan of government.
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Legislature
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A group of officials elected to make laws.
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Ratify
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To approve.
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Congress
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The part of the U.S. government that makes law.
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Essay 1 What were the positive effects of the gold rush?
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The population grew from 800 to 35,000. San Francisco became a busy port. Some people stayed in San Francisco.
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Essay 2 Why might a miner who traveled to California seeking gold be "poor in the end"?
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The miners had to pay for their passages to California, find and buy tools to work the claim, and pay high living costs. Even if they found gold they might have to spend it all in order to live in California.
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Essays three describe the three routes 49ers could take to California.Which route was the fastest?
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Around the Cape Horn.Through the Isthmus of Panama.An overland route with lots of challenges. The Isthmus of Panama was the fastest route.
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Essay 4 How did the search for gold lead to conflicts between different groups in California?
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Many immigrants faced discrimination or the unfair treatment because of their race, religion, or birthplace. Some miners felt that only people from the US should have the right to find gold. Indians land was destroyed. Violence and crime were very common. Vigilantes often took the law into their own hands and they were few laws and government in place.
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Essay 5 What where the steps that had to take place in order for California to become a state? List at least five steps in order.
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The US had to take control of California. General Riley called for the Monterey convention in order to decide on Cali's future.The California Constitution is ratified and California joins the union and becomes the state on Sept. 9, 1850.
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