...Everyone knows about the gold rush in California. We know that gold was discovered on January 24,1848, right before the end of the Mexican War the following month. With the end of the war meant adversity was going to be a huge challenge for this newly found territory that would later be known as California in 1850. Right away you have Spaniards turned Mexican then turned American, along with Mexican Americans. These people were known as Californios. Within a month the gold rush was in full swing, so how did these challenges affect the mining process? Was it fair for who found what and who got what? What did it do to the state of California? The gold rush had a large impact on the population within California. After James Marshall discovered...
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...Even though the California Gold Rush may seem beneficial, it was actually highly violent. The Gold Rush of 49 resulted in many deaths. Over 100,000 people ended up dying because of the gold rush. Because of this, the California Gold Rush has proven violent. According to History.com, they showed that the causes of murder, discrimination, and rape has gone higher due to the Gold Rush and that the American Miners killed over 100,000 people with, “During the Gold Rush, violence against foreign miners increased, with beatings, rapes and even murders becoming commonplace” (History.com). The writer shows that the immigrants who arrived in California have faced severe murders and discrimination. One thing they prove is how murder was extremely common...
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...Grace pender Mrs. Ragusky 7th hour You’ve come all this way, a three month journey hoping to find gold. You’re sick and almost there. Your family is counting on you, You have to push through. In 1847 california was officially American territory after the war between Mexico and the United States. The California gold rush was hard for several individuals due to hard travel, several thousand people being unsuccessful, and crime. The travel to California was easier for some than others. Some people left the East Coast by land, but were slowed down by things like not having direct roads and waterway. Others chose to go by water and sailed around the tip of south america to get to California, this journey was also risky. But this journey wasn’t a quick few days. It took around two to four months! “Drinking water, stored in barrels for months, developed a vile taste, and had to be mixed with vinegar and molasses to be drinkable.” (Getting to California, Saffer, Barbara) Some of these people were extremely unhealthy due to these conditions. Many people had terrible diseases such as Typhoid, Dysentery, Yellow Fever,...
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...The Gold Rush The California Gold Rush of 1848 greatly impacted California in numerous ways. The Gold rush began on January 24, 1848 in what is known as Sacramento, California at Sutter's Mill where 750,000 was extracted. There are many interesting parts to the Gold Rush such as how it started, the adventure to California, the mining and end of the Gold Rush, and the impact the Gold Rush had on California. The Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848 at Sutter's Milles when James Wilson Marshall was trying to build a water powered saw-mill. All of a sudden he saw a shiny rock and was sure it was gold. “It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” he said. This event would change California forever. John Sutter the owner of Sutter’s Mill...
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...My state is California, also known as “The Golden State”. The reason is because the state is famously known for the “California Gold Rush.” Also, the state is home to most of the most-well paid actors, actresses, singers, and etc. in the world such as; Chris Brown, Melissa McCarthy, Mila Kunis, Katy Perry, and etc. While reading this research paper, you’ll find out several of California’s interesting facts and its geographical beauty. California is located in the western part of the United States. California has four main regions which are; the coast, Central Valley, the mountains, and also the deserts. California has a Mediterranean climate, but because California is a large state the climate changes from subarctic to subtropical....
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...synonymously dated with the origin of the wheel. 2000 BCE the chariot was created as a hunting vessel around the East Ural Mountains. (Plubin, 2013). Transmission of the chariot was driven by fighting and war. In 1800 BCE Syria used chariots as a weapon. Civilizations and cultures followed using chariots as weapons. In 1700 Hittites used the chariot as weapons in their kingdom and in 1650 BCE Egypt lost to the Hyksos army of chariots. Over the years the Middle East, China and Europe proclaimed the chariot as the main weapon of choice. Horses were bred to drive the chariots. The decline in chariots occurred around 500BC. The decline was due to the increase of horseback riding vs chariot use. C. . The Mississippi River and the California Gold Rush are two significant factors that has contributed to the development or expansion of the United States. The Mississippi River at 2,350 miles is the third longest river in...
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...do not pretend that we can’t see differences amongst various ethnicities. The real goal should be that we recognize these differences and celebrate them. To understand why Ruth would say to advocate something like a color blind society it is important to understand who Ruth is. The character of Ruth, even though she was a real person, could be looked upon as being a symbol for the American experience. The classic American dream is one in which hard working immigrants move to the US, the land of opportunity, and make it big through hard work and determination. The American experience is different from the American Dream in that it is the realistic events and experience that people have. The idea that the streets in the US are paved with gold and that all one has to do is make it here to succeed is a fairy tale, and you can tell this just by looking at some of the things that Ruth had to deal with. Ruth’s family made it to the US but did not have what anyone would really consider the American Dream. As a child Ruth had to work at her father’s...
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...Catherine Murray Research Paper Jack London Jack London was a great American writer, author, and journalist in the nineteenth century. He was born John Griffith Chaney, in San Francisco, California. London worked in the Klondike for a few years and then began to write and publish books and stories. His books became very successful which made him one of the most popular authors of the nineteenth century. Jack grew up in a hard working-class. He pretty much paved out the way for his own life and success. He rode trains, worked on oyster ships, shoveled coal, and found employment in a cannery. These experiments inspired him in writing some of his stories, as he really enjoyed to read and write at libraries in his free time. His writing career basically began in 1893, the year that he went out on a sealing voyage in which him and his crew almost got taken out by a typhoon. Jack London’s writing career started off by his mother encouraging him to submit one of his stories to one of the local newspapers for a writing contest. Jack was 17 at the time and even though he only had an eighth grade education, he had won the first prize of twenty-five dollars, and had beat college students from Stanford and Berkley. After this experience, he decided that he would begin to dedicate his life to writing short stories, but he had a difficult time finding publishers. He then enrolled at the University of California Berkeley, but only for a brief time before he traveled north to Canada...
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...white or cream, and produce massive amounts of nectar which is pollinated by nearby birds, mammals, and insects. Bluegum trees’ habitat is a tall, open forest with a wide range of soils. The bluegum eucalyptus tree was first described in 1799 by a French Botanist named Labillardiere, who was collecting specimens on the coast of Tasmania. Labillardiere noted that most forms of eucalypt can adapt to many different environments. It has adapted to temperate environments where it rains and the summer and winter. The bluegum tree typically thrives in cooler zones of tropical mountains. Since then, it has been cultivated in all parts of the world. There are 3 states in the US which it exists which are California, Arizona, and Hawaii. In the 1850’s The Bluegum tree made it’s way to California during the...
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...Sullivan influenced people with his writings and on top of the he was a US Minister to Portugal. He was also an editor and used “manifest density” in a paper he wrote in the New York Democratic review. In fact, Sullivan first made it as a slogan for the paper, but then it influenced the westward expansion. Manifest density made the philosophy that people were destined by God to expand their territory. Manifest destiny also impelled the Louisiana purchase. The land purchased in the Louisiana purchase pressured many people to migrate west, so they could receive more...
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...Leadville, Colorado My first choice of historic places to visit for this assignment was Sand Creek Massacre, but after doing a bit of looking and researching, it is a bit more than a hop and skip from me, so that will be one of my summer road trips. Instead, I am choosing Leadville, Co. I found this town an interesting and rich part of Colorado history. After all, this is where Horace Tabor ended up starting his rise of wealth with the Little Pittsburg and the Matchless Mine. I enjoyed reading about him and his adventures so I decided this was where I would go to see the town and history myself. From doing some research I have learned that Leadville is one of the most historic towns in Colorado with a colorful history. Leadville has a rich history that started when gold was discovered in the California Gulch, during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Leadville boomed so fast that it fell behind in basic services. For this reason, many residents were lost to Cholera, a waterborne disease. Colorado can thank Leadville for some of the national notoriety that brought others out West in the hopes of striking it rich. Not only the mining history but just the famous and fascinating people who have put their mark on Leadville, such as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. In 1880, Leadville ranked as the second largest city, only behind Denver. Leadville has had its many ups and downs of booms and busts. As quick as the boom came in, it went out when the little Pittsburg ran out of rich ore in...
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...Wells Fargo was simply the merging of two rival transportation companies in the 1850’s. In order to serve the West’s demand for faster communication, Henry Wells and William Fargo built a Wells, Fargo & Co. location in 1882 in Portland, Oregon. Portland’s location at the joining of the Willamette and Columbia established it as the shipping center for the Pacific Northwest and an attraction for Wells Fargo’s express business. The California Gold Rush influenced the company to offer banking in buying gold and selling paper bank drafts, which were just as good as gold, with rapid delivery across the United State. This was included with the diverse services the company had already had, such as general forwarding and commissions and freight series, After discovery of gold in the Boise Basin, precious metals came down the Columbia River to Wells Fargo’s banking and examine office in Portland. This caused more offices to open in new cities all over the United States. In 1863 alone, Wells Fargo’s office in Portland handled over 200,000 ounces of gold. A year later, offices were added in Salem and Eugene, along with more express offices in Portland. Wells Fargo’s reputation of trust built in the 1850’s during the boom and bust of the economy. The bank went to great lengths, coming through for customers and providing responsible and swift services. In 1868 the Columbia River froze in the winter and a messenger carried his shipment of valuables by wagon from The Dalles to Portland...
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...CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA An Interpretive History TENTH EDITION James J. Rawls Instructor of History Diablo Valley College Walton Bean Late Professor of History University of California, Berkeley TM TM CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2008, 2003, and 1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born...
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...Buddhism is a religion practiced by around 350 million people in the world. The practice of Buddhism is a journey that involves spiritual development, insight, and self-awareness. In fact, the word ‘Buddha’ means ‘one who is awake’. A Buddha is free from greed, hatred, and ignorance. The Buddhist religion teaches people to be fully responsible for their lives. Buddhists believe every action has a consequence, and change can be made. Buddhism differs from other religious groups in many ways. First, there is no almighty God in Buddhism. Buddhists do not believe in heaven and hell, or judgment day. The idea of sin does not exist in Buddhism. In addition, the relationship between a Buddha and his disciples is that of a teacher/student, not a God and his followers. Another difference between Buddhism and other religions is there is no savior concept. A Buddha does not have the ability to wash away impurities. They believe in cause and effect. There is an action, and a reaction. Also, the concept of “Hell” is different in the Buddhist religion. Buddhist does not believe that “Hell” is a consequence, or eternal damnation. Instead, it is one of the six realms of Samsara (the worst of three undesirable realms). Samsara is a fundamental concept of Buddhism. It is the ‘perpetual cycles of existence; or endless rounds of rebirth among the six realms of existence. Because Buddhists practice self-awareness, enlightenment, and responsibility they do not judge other religions...
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...States bought Alaska, even though the price was only two cents an acre, it was known for many years as “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox”, after William Seward, the Secretary of State who was primarily responsible for pushing the purchase from Russia through Congress. In the early days Alaska’s brand image was mostly negative. It was known as the “Frozen North”, the “land of ice and snow”, the “land without summer”. Many of these images are from the stories and poetry of Robert Service, Jack London and their contemporaries. A good example of this writing is the poem “Cremation of Sam McGee”— see appendix II, (Service). All these extreme brand images dominated perceptions of Alaska prior to the discovery of gold in the Klondike in the late 1800s. After gold was discovered these negative perceptions were softened somewhat, though they remained rather negative—in large part due to the difficulty of living in the far north. Our Brand Survey We did a brand audit of Alaska to see how well Alaska has worked past these harsh criticisms. To accomplish this we surveyed local Alaskans, people from the “Lower 48”, and a few international people. Most of these surveys were done online using Survey Monkey (Survey Monkey). This has given us a comprehensive view of how people feel about Alaska—both within the state, from the lower 48, and internationally. We want to evoke responses that reflect people’s own thoughts, so we designed our question to keep out...
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