![]() Based on the excerpt from Eldorado, what does the author think made Gold Rush society unique compared to other parts of the US?. ![]() Does this print advertise the Gold Rush as a boundless opportunity to find fortune or as a cautionary tale? Use evidence from the print to support your argument. Do a close reading of the print depicting the ship leaving California.Based on their letters, how do you think each of them felt about these findings? Had they “hit it rich”? Both Augustin Hibbard’s letter and Thornton McElroy’s letter describe successfully finding gold.Based on the print of the town of Columbia, how might life in a town like this one be similar or different to life in the mining camps?.Compare and contrast the view of the mining experience offered in the painting of miners around a campfire with the details from the photos and letters. Using the photographs, Thornton McElroy’s letter, and Augustin Hibbard’s letter, how would you characterize the experience of living and working in California’s gold mining camps? Consider factors such as living conditions, the work of gold mining, the natural environment, and interactions with other people.What does the print depicting the roadside scene suggest about the population dynamics between the different groups pictured? What people or groups pictured do you perceive are coming? Who do you perceive are going?.Considering the print depicting the roadside scene as well, what can you infer about how the Gold Rush impacted Native Americans and their land? Use the map of California’s gold regions to identify Native American groups of northern California at the outset of the Gold Rush. ![]() In each, do you think they are participating in the mining venture on equal terms with the white prospectors? Why or why not? ![]()
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