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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848
American govt had to promise
to protect their borders
repay debts
allies
prevent discrimination and
unfair treatment of Mexican
citizens
Received northern CA and
NM
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-h
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Statehood
Compromise of 1850
North Gets

South Gets

California admitted as a No slavery restrictions in

free state
Utah or New Mexico
territories
Slave trade prohibited in Slaveholding permitted in
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.

Texas loses boundary

dispute with New
Mexico

Texas gets $10 million

Fugitive Slave Law

http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp.

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Free or Slave State

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Economic Controversy
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Southern Slave Economy

Senator Calhoun

Northern Free Labor Ideology

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Popular Vote: California free (not split)

Ending buying/selling human chattel
"Final Precipitant of War"

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Recognized as property by the U.S. Constitution

Debate of Black Immigration

Prohibited:
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Voting

Testimony

Military Service

Slavery as Punishment

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Buying freedom/Social fluidity

Fugitive Slave Law 1852

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Most white Californians were
convinced that no matter how
honest, how reliable, hard
working or wealthy a black
neighbor might be, he ought
not to be granted any rights a
white man was bound to
respect" (Katz 135).

Colored Conventions
The Mirror of Times

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Eventual presence of women

Pros for women to come to California:
o Prosperity
o High value of women
Cons for women to come:
o Rugged conditions
o Lack of civility/morality
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Large need for domestic services

Boarding houses, washing houses
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Quick money, high pay

High Value of Women

Presence of women was glorified by men

Women provided civility- a sense of normalcy

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Isolation and loneliness
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Gambling

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Ex: Churches, Schools,

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Anti-Chinese Movement
Workforce
Immigrant Legislation

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Clans
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Secret Societies

Happenings inside Chinatown

Tong wars
Prostitution

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Set the stage for flooding

Mercury
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humans

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of 1862

Sacramento and San

Joaquin River inundated
300 miles
towns, homes, farms,
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Mining Sites
"Noisy, Smelly, Dirty"
San Francisco

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Migration
Tales
Railroads
Settlers
Strained Resources

Tales
Well, I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
And I'm going to Louisiana
Susannah for to see
Oh! Susannah
Oh, don't you cry for me
'Cause I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
Well, it rained so hard the night I left
The weather it was dry
And it was so hot, I froze to death
Susannah, don't you cry
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In a cavern, in a canyon,Excavating
for a mine,Dwelt a miner, fortyniner And his daughter Clementine
Oh My Darling, Oh My Darling, Oh
My Darling Clementine, Thou art
lost and gone forever, Dreadful
sorry, Clementine.
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Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,Hit
her foot against a splinter Fell
into the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water, Blowing
bubbles soft and fine,But alas, I
was no swimmer. SO! I lost my
Clementine!

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Flourishing American Community

Abandoned due to economic reasons
No Population
Old Buildings
Former milling centers, railroad
connections, or oil-ell communities

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Pop: 10.000
2,000 Buildings
Saloons &
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1940's = Ghost
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A total of 2.5 million immigrants from 18501860
Monterey was made capital in 1839 but in 1854
Sacramento was made capital of CA.

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1856-cattle was expensive!
Oranges were shipped east.

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http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/California/ghost_town.html
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/ghost-town.html
http://middle.usm.k12.wi.us/faculty/taft/Unit5/westwebquest/boomtowns/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efVt4B6W4UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XUnXNAIj8
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/1850_1860.htm
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/suttersfort/pages/sutter.html