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    write a thesis statement‚ I learned how to properly write a business letter‚ I also learned that everything you write you must supporting detail. 5. If I had the choice to research any topic and write on it I would research about the california gold rush and how it changed america. I would choose to research this because of how revolutionary that event was‚ that event created the pants I wear today‚ it changed american economy for years to come. nnjkjj kkj j mnj j j klj ljj jjjdfknlkfnbvlkxnlj lj

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    moved west they noticed that the central United States was a great place to allow cattle to graze. The land was very flat‚ the cattle liked flat ground‚ and this made it much easier for the settlers to watch them. Gold was one of the main reasons for moving west. The gold rush sent settlers to California to “strike rich”. They faced many troubles and hardships on their journey west. It was a very long journey with mountains and deserts to cross. The Rocky Mountains proved to be the most trouble

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    The Economic and Societal Effects of Immigration on California‚ Utah and Texas Immigration immensely affected the economies and societies of the United States‚ in particular. The Gold Rush had different effects on the economy and the society in California. The Mormon migration to Utah greatly developed the area. Texas‚ however‚ had a harder time developing economic prosperity. These three states had very different ways to economic and societal prosperity. Texas had a more difficult time

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    in the west coast of the United States. The gold rush became the most important event of the era. Thousands of people fled to the west coast in search of instant wealth. With this increase of people migrating to the west‚ towns began to pop up in the vicinity of mines to facilitate the influx of people. These towns were known as boomtowns and usually became a bust as quick as they were started. The majority of these towns fell right after all the gold was mined out of that area. While the majority

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    immigration to the United States‚ 74‚ 2-8. P. Lazear‚ Edward‚ (1999). Culture and Language‚ Journal of Political Economy‚ Vol. 107‚ no. 6‚ part 2: S95-S126). Kanazawa‚ Mark. (2005) Immigration‚ Exclusion‚ and Taxation: Anti-Chinese Legislation in Gold Rush California. The Journal of Economic History‚ Vol. 65‚ No. 3‚ pp. 779-805

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    Supervisor. Leland Stanford was born in the year of 1824 in Watervliet‚ New York‚ and was raised on family farms. Stanford began law school around the year 1848. Stanford got married in 1850 and had one son. Stanford moved to California during the Gold Rush after loosing the law library his father got for him. He helped in organizing the Sacramento Library Association‚ which later became the Sacramento Public Library. Stanford was one of the four Sacramento‚ California businessmen known as “The Big

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    Forty-Niners By 1849‚ the gold rush was on. Strangers from all parts of the earth – East‚ Europe‚ Latin America‚ and Asia – were thrown together with only one common of interest‚ GOLD. These early gold-seekers‚ called "forty-niners‚" traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent‚ often facing substantial hardships on the trip. People caught "Gold Fever" in the hope of striking it rich. Many gold seekers arrived expecting to find rivers overflowing with gold. Unfortunately

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    The spirit of exploration in American is an undying passion. We continue to push the boundaries of what is possible‚ from the puritans settling in Massachusetts to the Kennedy administration landing on the moon. The people who explored the continent in the 1660s were the original explorers‚ they pushed the boundaries of the world and their kin would continue that trend. The spirit of exploration and stretching the boundaries of what is possible. is a cornerstone of the American values since the

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    character in the story “The Call of the Wild” is a dog-named Buck‚ whom is half St. Bernard – half Scotch Shepard. Buck’s life began on Judge Miller’s estate in central California‚ where he lived a docile life free to roam and do as he wished. The Gold Rush in 1897 created a demand for young strong dogs‚ like Buck‚ to pull the sleds through the snow. The growing need directly impacted Buck’s life because it began the journey that converted him into a savage man-killing beast. The story is set into motion

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    The California Gold Rush in 1848‚ started a very large production of gold mining. The land the gold was found on started to create problems with the Native Americans because ownership to land. Even if the land was given back to the Native Americans and there was gold found on the land‚ you can bet that people would be there to mine it even if they didn’t own land. That is how the battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana of 1876 started‚ then was later made into painting called “Custer’s last stand

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