Thursday, May 10, 2012

The California Gold Rush

This video gives a lot of information on the California Gold Rush that was not discussed in class.  What are some new pieces of information that you learn from the video?  Did you hear any of the Amazing Words we learned in class?

6 comments:

  1. I found out that people died trying to get to caifornia by drowning ,heat exposiour ,dydration and it was sad just for some gold they shoudn't have go to califonia.the california gold rush 1848-1852
    _ dajuan sewell

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  2. Somethings I learned about the california goldrush is that 6,400 was part of the gold rush. the gold rush was in 1848-1852.
    In janurary 1847 James Marshall found a hut by the american waters. James marshall kept it to be a secret. that did not happen!

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  4. I live in Torgau, a city in Germany / Saxony. From there many families with children immigrated to California in 1850. It happened after the 1848 revolution - poverty was everywhere - People with hoping for a better life. Unfortunately, the desire was hardly true. When they arrived in California, most of the gold fields were empty.
    Seven to eight months the emigrants traveled from Germany / Torgau. Route: Atlantic, dangerous and expensive. The path by stretching and walking through the states. Route: Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. There were over two thousand miles through rough terrain and Indians territory. Were often long periods with rain. Many of the emigrants died. Even robbers raided the caravans.
    Unfortunately, there are few letters or documents from German prospectors.
    Many emigrants were joiners, carpenters, tailors, shoemakers, cooks, and even veterinarians. They were able to survive. They had to speak English.
    California Gold Rush:
    He created one of the largest migrations in the United States.
    Very important: immigrants also loved adventure. Young men were dreaming of the beautiful Sierra. James Fenimore Cooper, Friedrich Gerstacker or Jack London had taken the romance with her books on Germany. They made life in the new world tasty.
    Books by American authors been translated into German.
    My relatives emigrated in 1928 from Germany / Leipzig to Phoenix / Arizona.
    Racist intrigues did not exist. Another good example of the coexistence in our world: 19th Century - millions of refugees asylum in the United States …

    Literature California gold rush 1848-54: “The gold of the Sierra Nevada”, AAVAA publishing house Berlin, 2012.

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