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Mind Map by Bethany Jean Gal, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bethany Jean Gal
about 11 years ago
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The Forty Niners
- 1. What new pull factor led to further
emigration in 1849?
- 1. discovery of gold in one of the rivers
westward was a new pull factor that
changed the number of emigrants
moving westwards hugely!
- 2. Because this 'gold fever' happened mid-dec
docks at New York and Boston were jammed
with people hoping to travel West and make their
fortune
- 3. California was most affected as when people arrived in 1849 all the good
mining spots had been taken so people toiled away at back breaking work for no
more than $5 a day
- 1. discovery of gold in one of the rivers
westward was a new pull factor that
changed the number of emigrants
moving westwards hugely!
- 2. What problems did the Miners face on their
Journey? What conditions were they faced with
once the arrived?
- they faced storms, seasickness, stale water/food, wagons
could overturn, cholera, and other disease outbreaks
- the conditions they faced once they arrived were being introduced to
hard work for very little pay!
- they faced storms, seasickness, stale water/food, wagons
could overturn, cholera, and other disease outbreaks
- 3. How did Gold-Mining contribute to the settlement of the
West?
- after work, the miners would go to
the Saloon for their pleasures:
gambling was v. common - what
the miners earned what handed
over to the shopkeepers which
would therefore contribute to the
settlement in the West!
- Also in Californian mining towns ,big businesses moved it,
miners brought their families out and permanent towns began
to develop!
- after work, the miners would go to
the Saloon for their pleasures:
gambling was v. common - what
the miners earned what handed
over to the shopkeepers which
would therefore contribute to the
settlement in the West!
- 4. How did mining affect Indian nations such as the Sioux?
- as permanent towns began to develop the land the Sioux lived on
was being restricted, white people would also kill the buffalo (indians
source of food)
- miners began digging the mines in the Black Hills - they were
violating the Sioux's most sacred place!
- as permanent towns began to develop the land the Sioux lived on
was being restricted, white people would also kill the buffalo (indians
source of food)
- 5. How was law and order dealt with in mining towns?
- due to no US government law officers to protect them people had to make their own
arrangements. They held a mass meeting where a chairman and officers were chosen.
- due to no US government law officers to protect them people had to make their own
arrangements. They held a mass meeting where a chairman and officers were chosen.
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