The Gold Rush helped America’s economy by the creation of Boomtowns, innovation in technology, and the flourishing of industries.…
The California gold rush was an important part of the Antebellum period of American history because it dramatically increased the financial quality of the United states. The gold rush was when a big gold deposit was found in a stream in california that caused people from around the country to come. The gold rush changed our country in a short period of time. When James W Marshall was working for a man named John stutter, he saw what looked like something glowing in the water. He picked it up and brought it to a friend to test if it was gold or if it was fools gold.…
When people heard about this idea they laughed. They thought thought that it would never be possible. Soon, the idea was ignored. But, during the gold rush in 1849, thousands of people traveled to California to settle the region and hunt for gold. The journey to the west was far to difficult and long.…
The desire to find golds and riches affected the early exploration of the Americas in a positive way. After Columbus landed on what is known now as the United States he felt a great amount of hospitality from the Natives. They gave him gifts made from gold and things made up of silk and etc. He wrote a letter explaining how great the hospitality is in the Americas and sent back to Spain. When the letter was reached land all the explorers wanted to go to the Americas so they could bring back gold and other riches to their country and leader.…
With the nation’s expansion, more changes arose in terms of the nation’s social, political, and economic landscape. As more settlers moved west, the population increased, meaning more farmers occupied and tended the fertile land. In turn, boosting economics. With more immigrants arriving from all over the world, whether to start a new life or to strike it rich during the California Gold Rush, the escalation in population displays a great social change. Arguments over slavery between the North and South outlined political changes.…
For several years, the idea of people coming over to a previously uninhabited land full of new rewards brought thousands of immigrants to the frontier lands. With this notion of moving west, many politicians acclaimed that this was America’s right to conquer from Atlantic to Pacific and that it was justifiable by Manifest Destiny. In addition to the influx of immigrants causing a population boom, new technologies stimulated improved communications and transportation that brought several more inhabitants to the new lands in order for them to work and get a better living. Manifest Destiny was especially seen to several as the 1859 Colorado Gold Rush brought instant fortunes for many and caused an elevation in the economic stature. Although moving…
California Gold Rush California Gold Rush was the mass migration that brought in people from all over the world. Even people from the east migrated to the west in search of the gold. This was the largest mass migration in American history. James W. Marshall had found pieces of gold on Sutter’s Mill in columbia on January 24,1848. The news of this gold spread all over.…
The gold rush is a significant part of American history because it was the largest mass migration that occurred in America during that time. John Augustus Sutter, lived in Sacramento, California after a long trip from Switzerland. John played a key role in the Gold Rush and lived from 1803 to 1880. He owned a saw mill, called Sutter's Mill, that was located in Coloma, California. Gold was found in his mill and he tried to keep it secret until the word was let out and caused…
The news of finding gold was spread by a newspaper company and it spread all across the nation. The California gold rush (1848-1857) caused the largest migration in history along with a large economic boost to the state of California as well as the United States itself.…
Native American Policies during the Gilded Age Anthony Ciccariello 01 May 2016 HIST407 D001 American Military University Since the North American continent was discovered and inhabited by Europeans there was a distance or gap of misunderstanding between the settlers and the indigenous people. This distance and difference in way of life did not end after the inhabitants created their own country and won their independence from the Great Britain. The American government and the people of the United States began treating Native Americans differently in the years following the Revolutionary War, as westward expansion became more and more important.…
William Jennings Bryan was a great man that was a well know figure in the in the Gilded Age Era. Not much can be told about his ancestor’s roots because it’s believed that His ancestors have lived in America so long that nobody is really sure where they are from. Even though historians aren’t sure of where his family is from they are believed to be some kind of English descent. William Jennings Bryan was born March 19th, 1860 In Salem, Illinois, into a family with eight other siblings. Even though he was born into a family with eight other brothers and sisters all of them didn’t survive.…
The miners would become sick to and it would spread everywhere. This research explaining what the miners had to experience and what they had to go through. This talks about what they had to eat and what they had expirienced. So the Gold Rush is really the huge reason why thousands came to California, and pretty much why california became a state with people living here and experiencing the difficulties they had back then.…
Sometimes in life one must overcome challenges. The goal is to never give up. No matter the environment, one must overcome the obstacles set before them. Through trial and error one can do that and succeed. That is exactly what cued speech did for the deaf and their families.…
Humberto Guerrero Mr.Solis History Feb/9/16 What is manifest destiny you may ask ,well here it is to say. Manifest Destiny is a term that was to be said that was terminology attitude prevalent during the 19th century period ,but it was destined to, stretch from coast to coast .Not only that but also it helped the fuel western settlement ,native american from the removal and war with mexico.…
In the Gilded Age many people used greed to their advantage of becoming well known and wealthy. The definition of greed is the selfish desire for something, especially wealth and power. To the more fortunate, greed was a great thing because they kept gaining power from what they were doing, but to the less fortunate greed was seen as an awful thing because it gave them nothing to benefit from. Some people during this time that were seen as greedy would often give back to the community what they had taken away from it after they had passed. They would do this type of good deed to clear their name.…