environmental or physical geographic factors that contributed to the development and expansion of the United states had to be the Gold Rush‚ and the Irish Potato Famine. The Irish potato famine was devistating to Ireland and laid waste to it’s population‚ but ended up spurring Irish immigration to the United States‚ leading to both growth and expansion. The gold rush that took hold in the United States was one of the biggest factors that pushed people west and lead to a greater settlement of the
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Chinese Immigration to the U.S. First Chinese to arrive in the U.S. was around 1820. Subsequent Chinese immigrants who came from the 1820s up to the late 1840s were mainly men. In 1852‚ the ratio of Chinese males to females in California was 1‚681:1. Due to the lack of Chinese women in the U.S. at that time‚ a number of men intermarried with Americans of Eastern European descent. However‚ the majority of male immigrants lived as bachelors. The first major immigration wave started around the
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Moving to the Klondike in search for gold had benefits and disadvantages. You could get gold and become rich‚ but you could also find nothing‚ and you would be cold. It is also dangerous living there. It is very cold and it snows a lot. You would be lucky to get any sleep because if the snow falls on you‚ you could die. Some people want to become rich so they go to the Klondike for gold. There are some benefits like becoming rich or getting some money. You also get to spend a lot of time in nature
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The Discords of the 1849 Chinese Immigrants in California The California Gold Rush was one of most monumental events in the history of the United States. It was responsible for shaping the foundation of the modern class and social system while also creating the first big immigrant trend after the colonial period. The events which followed James W Marshall’s discovery of gold in Coloma‚ California during the year of 1848 were important not only because of the fact that it generated the expatriation
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1-The “Digger” Stereotype: Justification of genocide Judge by prior Native encounters Few practiced agriculture‚ inferior Digging of roots‚ gold Facilitated the intense racism and brutal violence against Indians Inferiority of California Indians: easy to push aside/no match for civilized white society 1-Acorns *Acorns helped confirm the digger stereotype. They were important to indigenous tribes because they were a main stable of food. They had high preservatives and often one harvest could
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By 1950‚ the Gold Rush was fully functional in America. Many Americans flocked from the East in order to try their luck at finding gold‚ while at the same time‚ Chinese started coming in from the West. It was clear that one of the main reasons of emigrating was to find gold‚ however‚ a lot of them ending up staying in the California. This leads scholars many scholars to question their motives. Most interpret this mass exodus and migration as a flee from socioeconomic problems and hardships that were
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Chinese immigration‚ a ban that was intended to last 10 years. The background of the act During 1848 to 1865‚ the first group of Chinese immigrated to America with the California Gold Rush. They continued to immigrate with the large labor projects‚ such as the First Transcontinental Railroad. At that time‚ a lot of Chinese immigrated to America. During the early stages of the gold rush‚ surface gold was abundant‚ and Americans tolerated the Chinese took the gold. But later‚ the gold was less
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There are cases of individuals who have the proper education and training and still they wait for positions that they have applied for and still get job below their educational level. The government has overhauled the economic immigration system that should hopefully make thing better for future skilled immigrants. The Federal Skilled Workers program will help to decrease over educated and under employed phenomenon. Canada is a country that is proud to call itself part of a multiculturalism
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California Gold Rush Success in the United States is largely defined by material wealth. Americans choose paths that will help their families to lead comfortable‚ happy lives. Sometimes this means following crazy opportunities to a new part of the country‚ which can be both exciting and risky at the same time. This was seen during the California Gold Rush of the 1840’s. The Gold Rush was a significant event in our nation’s history for many reasons‚ including its impact on Westward Expansion and
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be? when comparing California’s image and California’s reality one can see that the California dream can be seen as a paradox to the state’s lower class but a reality to its wealthy. In the 19th century‚ the discovery of gold in California otherwise known as the gold rush motivated thousands of people from all around to the world to take a leap of faith and come to California with
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