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The American Dream is in fact real, and to this day it still exists. There are many different things that state, and confirm the existence of this so called “Dream” that America believed in. Things such as the Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny, and even the people of the north pushing for equality. All of these are prime examples, in which exemplify and state the existence of the American Dream, and how it is still abided by today. The Gold Rush of 1849 was one of the few main parts of the American…

his wife and brother in-law found gold in Yukon Territory. The location was suggested by Robert Henderson, a prospector grubstaked by a French-Canadian agent for Alaska Commercial Company, who previously found gold at this location. When news reached San Francisco and Seattle in July of 1897 tons of prospectors rushed to find gold in Alaska. The news reported that nearly $1,139,000 had been found in gold. Over 100,000 prospectors collected money to fund their journey north. Of the…

Where does buck live at the beginning of the story? Buck lives in a very nice house with a judge and his family. Who is Buck’s master at the beginning of the story? Buck’s master is the judge. Describe Buck’s live at the beginning of the story. In the beginning, Buck has it made. He has food, water, and a family that loves him. What year is it when the story begins? In the beginning, it is 1897. Why are men traveling north? Men are traveling north because of the California Gold Rush. Where,…

From traveling to the Yukon Territory, sailing around the Pacific Ocean, to writing many novels and short stories, Jack London has had a plethora of experiences in his life. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California to an unmarried mother, Flora Wellman. London was an illegitimate child. Jack’s father left his mother before he was born. His father could have possibly been William Chaney, a popular journalist and figure at the time. Since Jack’s mother was ill…

no cell phones and social media. Once the news of gold was discovered and spread throughout the world there was an increase of population in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco consisted of a merely 200 people at the beginning, since California was far West from the East coast, but increased to about 36,000 people during the Gold Rush. This also forced San Francisco to expand and build new buildings and infrastructure…

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 percentage of people finding gold was getting low. People either by choice or by force stayed bt everyone has a different…

HABITAT DESCRIPTIONS Sand Scrub: “By definition, scrubs are xeric communities growing on well-drained infertile sand formations of marine origin in both coastal and interior Florida. Evergreen or nearly evergreen scrub oaks or rosemary shrubs or both predominate in some scrubs, while in others, sand or slash pines are present, sparsely or abundantly. The scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park are coastal scrubs, which grow along today’s coastal sand and are influenced by salt spray.” (Means,…

twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did not know there were possible escape routes used by convicts to get out of this concentration camp. The earliest settlers in San Francisco Bay were estimated to have lived there thousands of years before it was even explored. These people are believed…

On the day of June 11,1962, three inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary took to action their escape. Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin used tactics such as dummies , the removal of ventilator covers, and the construction of tools to help plan their escape. However, to this day it remains a mystery as to what happened to the three and if they carried out their escape successfully. Frank Lee Morris, who led the escape attempt out of Alcatraz, has been planning out their escape…

Nothing Golden About the California Gold Rush “...the streets hip-deep in mud; the river steamboat races that killed scores when overheated boilers exploded; the rough justice of vigilantism, lynchings, and ear-clippings; the riots, fires, and floods; the cities crowded with thousands of men, among whom could be found only a few women, many of them prostitutes.” (Holliday 12) When James Marshall found gold in California, he wanted to keep it a secret. Eventually, with help from Samuel…