'Mining camps' diaporamas de présentation

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

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Chapter 17 Manifest Destiny and Expansion Section 1 (1840-1860)

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Westward Expansion and Immigration

Westward Expansion and Immigration. SSUSH12. Manifest Destiny and the Oklahoma Land Rush. After the Civil War, the conquest of Manifest Destiny continued. Many Western settlers felt it was their right to take all the land they felt necessary.

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Life in the West

Life in the West. The motives, hardships, and legacies of the groups that moved west in the 1800s. Mrs. Mata NYOS Charter School. Rugged individuals , wore shirts and trousers made from animal hides and had long hair and beards, mostly men

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Chapter 3 Closing the Frontier

Chapter 3 Closing the Frontier. Section 1: Moving West. Land of New Settlers 1. Federal Government began to encourage people to move west a. They owned over 1 billion acres of public land b. Offered at low prices for sale 2. Homestead Act of 1862

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The Gold Rush

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Industrial Primary Sources

Industrial Primary Sources. Use the question handout to analyze each slide in regards to the Industrial Age. 1. 2. 3. 4. THEY WILL SAY Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this: You took little children away from the sun and the dew,

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Chapter 20 Section 1

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California here I come!!

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Expanding West The California Gold Rush

Expanding West The California Gold Rush. Chapter 11, Section 4 Pages 364 - 369. Building Background. At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States gained control of Mexican territories in the West, including all of the present-day state of California.

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Chapter 14: The Western Crossroads

Chapter 14: The Western Crossroads. Section 4: The Mining Boom. Pages: 455-459. The Mining Boom. Western Mining: (455-456) The economic impact of mining changed the face of the West Miners raced across the continent, hoping to be the first to strike it rich.

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Miners and Ranchers

Miners and Ranchers. Section 2. Miners. 1859: Carson River Valley: $500 million SILVER Comstock Lode 1897: Klondike Gold Strike 100,000 Americans fled to get rich VERY treacherous terrain to get there. Mining Camps. Miners from: Mexico England Ireland china Hastily built shacks

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The Gold Rush

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C h a p t e r 1 7 S e c t i o n 1

C h a p t e r 1 7 S e c t i o n 1. Vocabulary. Immigrate- to move to a foreign region or country(pg. 581) Manual- involving work done by hand(pg. 581) V igilantes- or self-appointed law keepers(pg. 580) Subsides- are grants of land or money(pg. 580)

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The Sand Creek Massacre

The Sand Creek Massacre. Taylor Feinman, Grace Watkins, and Caitlin Bullock . What was the Sandcreek Massacre?.

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The West Transformed

The West Transformed. 1860-1896. Chapter 13. I. Mining and Railroads. A. Boom and Bust. Before the Civil War, prospectors began searching for lodes throughout the West Mining camps quickly turned into boomtowns Law and order was often kept by vigilantes.

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Forty Niners-someone who went to CA to find gold in 1849

Forty Niners-someone who went to CA to find gold in 1849. CA Before the Rush. 150,000 Native Americans and around 12,000 Californians, Spanish or Mexican descent, lived in California. John Sutter asked the Mexican government to grant him 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley.

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California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush. How did the Gold Rush affect California?. Gold. Who found it? Where and when was it found? How did people get it from the earth?. Miners. Who were they? Where did they come from? How did they get to California? How long did it take? What hardships did they face?

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Historic Middle Fork Land & Camps Protection Proposal

Historic Middle Fork Land & Camps Protection Proposal. Historic Lands Preservation Society Feather Falls County Jake Kotter October 1, 2010. Middle Fork Mining Lands Facts. Covers over 360 acres in northern Feathers Falls County First mining camps established in 1849

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