California Gold Rush

unrest and economics pressures in China, one of the main reasons for them to immigrate to the States was to seek economics opportunities so that they were able to send money back home for their families. At first, they were attracted by the gold rush in California, later many of the Chinese men chose to take up low-skilled jobs, such as: manual labourers in construction, agriculture, manufacturing…

important build in U.S. history that helped smoothly connect the states together, to give people an easier and safer way to travel and ship goods from place to place. The West had very few lines and had none connecting to the east. So when the California Gold Rush hit and they had no good way of getting out to the West people decided it was about time they get one. Sadly there was one big problem. That problem being the unforgiving terrain the line would inevitably have to go through to connect…

Industrial Age.16 The first major wave of Chinese immigrants arrived after 1848, searching for gold, employment, and freedom. Chinese migrants called the western regions of North America, especially San Francisco, Gold Mountain22 to refer to their dreams of becoming rich. The discovery of Gold and other valuable minerals in the Sierra Nevada mountains set off waves of migrations to Northern California from the Eastern United States and on thru the Western province of Guangdong.24…

7. View of San Francisco in 1850 (George Henry Burgess) Principally known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a vast group of craftsmen. A long-lasting inhabitant of San Francisco, he likewise made intermittent visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Conceived in London in 1831, he learned at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush pulled in George's two siblings, Charles and Edward, and in 1850, he and his…

railroads. The railroads were all corrupt and brands does a good job on sharing specific examples of this, one being Vanderbilt and his rail empire. The railways lead to gold rushes which created boom towns and then later bust towns. The dream of the Pacific rail line came true after years of awaiting it. "But it was the gold rush of 1849 and after that made the a rail line to the pacific appear both necessary and possible," (Brands 44). With the new lines down, transportation from east…

2015 Language in the Asian American Community Language is important to everyone. The English Language is used in everyday interaction with people. However, language could impose social and linguistic issues to those whose native language is not English in the United States. Asian Americans are one of those groups who faces these kinds of issues. In the chapter, “Asian American Voices: Language in the Asian American Community,” from Language in the USA, authors, Thom Huebner and Linda Uyechi…

numerous amount of Europeans arriving on the East Coast, Chinese immigrants arrived on the shores of the West Coast in smaller groups. Between 1851 and 1883, about 300,000 Chinese arrived to seek their fortunes after the discovery of gold in the California gold rush in 1848. Chinese immigrants helped build nation’s railroads, including the first transcontinental line. After the completion of the railroads, they turned to farming, mining, and domestic service. During the 1870s, many Chinese…

Digging, digging, and digging until a shiny yellow substance comes out of the ground which everybody will fight for.It is 1848 a man by the name of sutter finds a flake of gold by his farm in california and that sparks a revolution of people from all over the world trying to get to California.During the Califorina gold rush 49ers stayed on rotting terrible ships for long periods of time, had harsh rides across country, and lost all of their fortunes. “a sea journey could be shortened by…

The biggest gold nugget discovered during the American Gold Rush weighed nearly 195 pounds (Holub 3-4). This was just a small part of the 750,000 pounds of gold that was extracted during the Gold Rush - equivalent to 375 tons! (History.com Staff). “And [The Gold Rush] started by accident! (Holub 5).” The American Gold Rush affected the United States because of the anxiety to arrive at Sutter’s Mill, lots of americans growing very rich, and inflation increasing majorly. One of the major effects…

of mining districts and property rights during the California gold rush which took place in the middle of the 18th century. The California gold rush is the most well-known and largest mass migration in the history of America. However, the article provides support by containing two of the authors views that coincide, which are from the popular perception and academic literature perception. The popular perception view shows how the term gold rush refers to a disorderly struggle to get access from…