Author : Bethany Onsgard
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1629694436
Have you ever wondered what life was like for miners and their families during the California Gold Rush? Learn about what their days consisted of, what they ate and wore, and more! Primary sources with accompanying questions, multiple prompts, A Day in the Life section, index, and glossary also included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Thomas Maxwell-Long
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : History
ISBN :
This comprehensive narrative history of the California Gold Rush describes daily life during this historic period, documenting its wide-reaching effects and examining the significant individuals and organizations of the time. It is easy to see the vestiges of the California Gold Rush in the state's modern culture. The San Francisco 49ers football team are named after the term given to those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold; California is nicknamed "The Golden State;" and the official state motto is "Eureka" meaning "I have found it" in Greek-a reference to mining success. But the Gold Rush was not only a pivotal event with lasting impact in California; it also greatly affected America as a whole and global society. This book examines the historical significances of the California Gold Rush, beginning with life in California prior to the Gold Rush and European colonization and concluding with information regarding contemporary California. Readers will gain historical insights from the highly detailed explorations of how life in California evolved and understand the enormous impact of an event over 160 years ago on present-day America.
Author : Bethany Onsgard
Publisher : Kaeden Focus Library
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2017-01-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781635840681
Have you ever wondered what life was like for miners and their families during the California Gold Rush? Learn what their days consisted of, what they ate and wore, and more. Primary sources with accompanying questions, index and glossary are all included. F&P: V, Type: Nonfiction
Author : Richard Thomas Stillson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803243251
A study of the ways in which Americans from the east, who traveled to the "gold country" of California in 18491851, obtained and used information.
Author : Josh Gregory
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2024-10-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1546169563
Learn how prospectors mined for gold, what life was like in mining camps, and much more. In 1848, gold was discovered in a California river, kicking off a period of time when thousands of people traveled to the West Coast with dreams of getting rich. Readers (Ages 7-9) will get an up-close look at life during the California Gold Rush as they follow the adventures of Louise and Feng, two kids living in a mining camp near San Francisco.
Author : Kate Shoup
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502617803
People often dream of becoming rich. However, in the mid-1800s, people really could become rich overnight. The California gold rush brought many men to the area. These prospectors searched for gold. Some became lucky, while others lost all of their life savings. This book describes the history of the California gold rush and highlights what life was like for the men, women, and children who lived through the era.
Author : Ava Fran Kahn
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 16,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814328590
In 1848, news of the California Gold Rush swept the nation and the world. Aspiring miners, merchants, and entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe flooded California looking for gold. The cry of instant wealth was also heard and answered by Jewish communities in Europe and the eastern United States. While all Jewish immigrants arriving in the mid-nineteenth century were looking for religious freedoms and economic stability, there were preexisting Jewish social and religious structures on the East Coast. California's Jewish immigrants become founders of their own social, cultural, and religious institutions. Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush examines the life of California's Jewish community through letters, diaries, memoirs, court and news reports, and photographs, as well as institutional, synagogue, and organizational records. By gathering a wealth of primary source materials-both public and private documents-and placing them in proper historical context, Ava F. Kahn re-creates the lives within California's Jewish community. Kahn takes the reader from Europe to California, from the goldfields to the developing towns and their religious and business communities, and from the founding of Jewish communities to their maturing years-most notably the instant city of San Francisco. By providing exhaustive documentation, Kahn offers an intimate portrait of Jewish life at a critical period in the history of California and the nation. Scholars and students of Jewish history and immigration studies, and readers interested in Gold Rush history, will enjoy this look at the development of California's Jewish community.
Author : Sylvia Alden Roberts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0595524923
Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years? Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation? Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain elan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported. Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time."
Author : Michael V. Uschan
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836862023
Depicts frontier life in California during the mid-nineteenth-century Gold Rush, and provides a brief history of the state.
Author : Captivating History
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781637163191
Did you know that the California Gold Rush was the largest mass migration event in the history of the United States of America? More than 300,000 people settled in the previously sparsely populated California. And they all came in the period between 1849 and 1855. But sadly, the people living in California quickly fell into violence, racism, and misogyny. Mexicans, Native Americans, other non-white settlers, and indigenous peoples were persecuted, hunted, and expelled from the territory. The California Gold Rush may have been one of the great events that shaped the US into what we know today, but it was also one of the saddest events, with 370 massacres committed upon the indigenous tribes of California. Yet, the California Gold Rush was a period of rapid changes, of industrialization and the modernization of the whole US. The influx of immigrants from all over the world demanded that new industries be quickly set up, as well as railroads, farms, and communication lines. People needed supplies from the East and the rest of the world, as well as to keep in touch with their distant families. The quick development of California, as well as the many new beginnings and successful businesses people managed to start, gave California its nickname of the Golden State. It was a place where dreams came true, where people had hope and quick prosperity. A new philosophical idea aptly named the "California Dream" started, and many people rushed to gain a fast fortune in a new land. In this book, you can read about how gold was discovered and who started it all. You can also learn the following: Who were the forty-niners and the first gold miners in California? What was life in the mining camps like? How was early mining performed, and how did it develop? How did gold excavation influence the environment and the indigenous peoples? What happened to the Native Americans of California? What was the role of women in the Gold Rush? How did California gain its statehood? How did the Gold Rush influence the world's economy? Who were the real prospectors of the California Gold Rush? And much more! Scroll up and click the "add to cart" button to learn more about the California Gold Rush!
