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The History Cat: The California Gold Rush HandoutThe History Cat: The California Gold Rush Handout
Publisher
The History Cat
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Handouts & References
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Lexile Measures
1100L
Handout

The History Cat: The California Gold Rush

Curated by ACT

Describes the events that led to the California Gold Rush, the lives of the miners, the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrant miners and African Americans, the women who mostly stayed behind when their husbands went west as well as some who carved out a living for themselves, and the economy that grew up around the Gold Rush.

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Concepts

westward expansion

Additional Tags

discovery of gold, racial discrimination, search for gold, women in mining towns, chinese immigrants, chinese miner, foreign miners tax, james marshall, john sutter, luzena wilson, us history, california gold rush

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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