Gold Fever

1. Gold Fever Christian Asher and Tyler Fain

2. Sutter’s Mill • January 24, 1848 • Coloma, California • The gold piece that started the Gold Rush was discovered. (patriciahysell.wordpress.com)

3. California Acquisition • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Signed February 2, 1848 • U.S. received territories of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and Colorado. (fraukewilkening.wordpress.com)

4. Immigration • Roughly three hundred thousand persons migrated to California. • Estimated length 1848-1855. • This included Chinese, Mexicans, African Americans, French, and Chileans. • By 1850 twenty-five percent of California’s population was born outside the U.S. www.wikimedia.org

5. Travel Methods • Three main routes to California. • The most common was through the mid-west from the East by Wagon. • Many went by ship to Panama then by ship to San Francisco. • Others sailed around the southern tip of Argentina to California. • “Coffee bad, Sugar dirty, and Bread Wormy”

6. Life on the Trail • Americans in pursuit of Manifest Destiny • Often travelled in large groups • Suffered from disease, starvation, dehydration shortage of animal feed, and infection • Fear of Indian Raids (www.Mrkhistoryper6.com)

7. Travel routes yesteryearsnews.wordpress.com

8. Indian Oppression • 150,000 native Americans called California home in 1845. • 30,000 left by 1867. • Native Americans had no say in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. • Notable massacres- Old Shasta Massacre of the Wintun, Bloody Islands Massacre, and Massacre of the clear lake Pomo. • 60% died by Disease.

9. Indian Population shift in California (wikipedia.org) This graph shows the population of Native Americans in California from 1770-1970

10. Racial Tension • Many white Americans had never seen or met any foreign persons. • Competition for Gold, women, success • Foreign Miners Tax enacted in 1850 ($20) • Tax in response to increased foreign competition (particularly Chinese) • Chinese exclusion act-1882 • Prohibited Chinese immigration for ten years

11. Diversity • By 1870 there were over 48,000 Chinese immigrants in California • Roughly 25,000 Chinese came over in the first two years of the Gold Rush (1848-1850) • 30,000-150,000 Native Americans • By 1849 over 6,000 Mexicans • 50,000-60,000 Americans arrived in 1849 www.msha.gov

12. Population Increase (www.lao.ca.gov.com) This Graph shows the population increase in California from 1850-1990

13. California Statehood • California accepted in to Union- September 9, 1850 • 31st state accepted in to Union • Accepted due to Compromise of 1850 • Accepted as Free state • Population increase due to Gold Rush www.alert.psychiatricnews.org

14. Women in the Gold Rush • 12.2 men to each woman • Women were often treated as objects • Wives were highly valued commodity • Defined gender roles differently • Brothels and prostitution Were common in Boomtowns. www.(truewest.ning.com)

15. Life as a Miner • Often uncomfortable and dirty • Most miners had little money to spend • Little money they did have Often spent on alcohol and women (adventuresincapitalism.com)

16. Life as a Miner (www.dailymail.co.uk) (www.woodtrekker.blogspot.com)

17. Boomtowns • Towns would spring up and die according to Gold mines • San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angels were all boomtowns. • San Francisco population change- • 1848-1,000 • 1849-25,000 • 1860-56,802 • 1870-149,473 (www.old-picture.com)

18. Modern California • Silicon valley located in San Francisco • Head quarters of Adobe systems, Apple, Facebook, google, and Pixar among others • Referred to as modern day “Gold Rush” (www.dnsmadeeasy.com)

19. Modern California • Modern day Gold mine • Many go to Hollywood seeking success but few obtain it • Many make money and exploit those who are trying to “stake claim” • Advertised as Mecca for Success (www.discoverlosangeles.com)

20. Reed Gold Mine • Located in Cabarrus County • In 1799 a seventeen pound “yellow rock” was found on Jon Reeds property • Sold for $3.50 (weeks wages) • Actual price-3,600 • Later started mining operation and died a rich man in 1846 www.reedmine.com

21. Norm the Miner • The mascot 49er is a term used for the prospectors who went west in 1849. • Reed Gold Mine helped contribute to “Gold Rush fever” • “Stake your claim” term for staking ones claim on mining area and land (www.flickr.com)

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23. continued • Holub, Joan, and Tim Tomkinson. What Was the Gold Rush? New York, NY: Grosset& Dunlap, 2013. Web • Jackson, W. Turrentine, and Judice Boyce DeMark. “California Gold Rush Begins.” Salem Press Encyclopedia (2013): Research Starters. Web. 24 July 2014. • Kuck, Pamela. “California or Bust.” Cobblestone 18.9 (1997):12 MasterFILE Complete. Web. 27 July 2014.

24. Continued • Norton, Jack. “If the Truth be Told: Revising California History as a Moral Objective.” American Behavioral Scientist 58.1 (2014):83-96, Academic Search Complete. Web. 24 July 2014. • Teitelbaum, Michael, and Robert Asher. Chinese Immigrants. New York: Facts On File, 2005. Print. • "The Gold Rush's Effect On The Indians." The Gold Rush's Effect On The Indians. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 July 2014