1. Takedown
List all 5 of the themes of Manifest Destiny and define what M.D. means.

2. End of the War with Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: TX. was part of the U.S. w/the Rio Grande as the border
Mexican Cession: Mexico gave up land that is now CA, NV, UT, most of AZ, and parts of N.M., COL., and WY.

3. New Nation Gadsden Purchase: strip of land in AZ. and N.M.
Wanted the land for a transcontinental RR
U.S. borders = the Atlantic to the Pacific = M.D. Fulfilled

4. Takedown
-What did Americans find in California which helped increase settlement?

5. The California Gold Rush

6. California before the Rush
John Sutter: 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley from Mexico
James Marshall: Builder of Sutter’s Mill
Discovered gold in the American River.
Kept news to themselves

7. New Spreads Sam Brannan Spread the news that Gold had been discovered
Made his money by selling mining tools at expensive prices

8. Rush for Gold
Forty-Niner: One who took part of the Cal. Gold Rush of 1849.

9. Around the tip of South America
18,000 mile trip
6 months
Bad food/water
Boredom

10. Across Panama
Quickest option
Malaria / Cholera
Stranded

11. Oregon / California Trail
2,000 miles
Poorly equipped
Biggest danger: lack of water

12. Life in the Camps Tents became wooden buildings Far-fetched stories
8 pd. Nuggets
Basic good = high priced

13. Important People
Levi Strauss
Canvas pants w/rivets

14. Important People Phillip Armour New York butcher
Armour Meat Packing Company

15. Important People
John Studebaker
Wheelbarrows
Wagons

16. Important People Henry Wells / William Fargo
Offered secured, honest banking
Transportation
Mail

17. Important People Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Started writing for a San Francisco magazine

18. Miners from Around the World
2/3 were American
1851, 1 out of 10 were Chinese
Very successful
Resentment from Americans

19. Conflicts Among Miners
Greed / Jealousy
Forced Hispanics / Chinese out
1850: Foreign Miners Tax
$20 a month on miners from other countries
Alcoholism, debt, crime

20. Impact of the Gold Rush 250,000 new to Cal.
Biggest melting pot
Thousands of N.A. were killed
Cal. Became a state in 1852 – free state
Cal. Statehood created turmoil
Free states outnumbered slave