because groups of people moved westward to explore the open land that they had never seen before. People wanted to come to the west because all kinds of people were finding gold. This was called the gold rush. Most of the people that came to the west were there because of the gold rush, but the chances of someone finding gold were very slim. One of those groups of people were the miners; they came over because there was more land to mine in, and more coal to sell. Plus, if only a couple of miners
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The gold found in Australia during the 1850’s had a dramatic impact on the nation. In a number of primary and secondary sources showing that gold did have an impact during those times, present and future tense; the sources so that the population had increased, the economy of Australia had raised, the democracy of Australia soon stepped forward for its laws and overall the gold rush and its impacts. The gold that had been founded in Australia influenced people from other countries to flee to Australia
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Muhammad The Western Experience The 19th century was a very prosperous and interesting moment in history for my family. Living in California at the time gave plenty of opportunities for many miners because of the overflow of gold that had been presented. Before the discovery of gold in 1848, most of the West didn't belong to the U.S. Many Americans believed it was the country's "manifest destiny" to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, and President James Polk (1845-1849) was determined to
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expansion from California, are a few noteworthy incidences among many leading to the success of Nevada. The unearthing and discovery of mineral deposits initiated the “gold and mining boom” around 1860. Mining pioneers stumbled upon strange black sand in 1859. The contents of this mysterious silt revealed to contain silver and gold valued over $3,000 a ton. Mineral activity helped to stimulate ranch and farm growth for surrounding valley communities. Mining in Nevada also lead to advanced transport
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Task 1-A One significant environmental factor that contributed to the development of human society was the availability of an abundant supply of water, as provided by the rivers that helped contribute to the ancient civilization in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, the area presently know as Iraq, is referred to as the “land between the rivers” (Hollar, 2011). In approximately 3300 BC, the people known as the Sumerians settled into an area known as the Plain of Shintar. In this area where the Tigris and
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WGU Student ID# 294112 From Famine to Gold One significant geographic factor that led to the expansion of the United States was the California Gold Rush. The lure of gold brought an estimated 80,000 prospectors to California in 1849, and though many came and went, by 1852 the population had grown to 223,856, according to a special census (Udall & Emmons, 2003 p156). The importance of this geographic factor is not so much in the search for gold, though there is much to be said for the advances
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The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon. People did not actually take the trails to Oregon, but there were many trails that branched off from the Oregon Trail. The biggest was the California Trail. In 1849, the Gold Rush started in California and people took that trail to get there. That split off at Fort Hall. The trail was the only practical corridor to the entire Western United States. Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah may not been part of the
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to tell the stories of America’s past is simple – everyone. Although the people that were involved in the event or situation should be the only ones to talk since they actually have a memory of what happened. I also believe that the California Gold Rush is a good subject that we should
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communities in the lower basin to stave off colonial presence longer than those in the Upper Klamath Basin. Eventually the California gold rush brought settlement, both temporary and permanent to the LKB. Placer mining was often practiced along the Lower Klamath Basin(LKB). Mining was also developed in the black sands along the mouth of the Klamath River, and the region was named Gold Bluff, a name that tempted many prospectors from San Francisco(Van Dyke 1891). The Trinidad trail along the Klamath River led
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the state’s economy is that they used buffalo meat for food and the bones, hide were used to make clothes, tepees, and tools. Some $10 billion (2002 dollars) in gold was mined from California, tribal lands between 1849 and 1862.The California Gold Rush was from 1848 through 1855 was in American history which began January 24, 1848. Gold was founded by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. This
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