3.+How+did+immigration+and+the+mixing+of+cultures+affect+CA?

__**How did immigration and mixing of cultures affect California? by Joe Sefton, Laney Gustafson, Leena Mayberry, And Leif Isaacson.**__ California's mixing of cultures was very important in California's history. The Gold Rush was one of the biggest movements in history, therefore several cultures came to California looking for gold. Chinese was one of the biggest groups to come to California, to them California was known as //Gum Sam// or "Gold Mountain" the Chinese's goal was clearly to get gold and get home. American miners were very mean and unkind they thought only Americans should be allowed to search for gold, this idea led to many fights and argue-ments. American miners sometimes cut off Chinese miners long braids called //queues//. In-fact most bandits preyed on foreiners. Native Americans were not interested in looking for gold, they were often thrown off there sacred land when miners found gold there, they were often man handled and the Native Californians died out almost immediately. As gold became less plentiful, hatred towards foreigners grew. African Americans did very well. Most slave owners brought their slaves to California to help in the diggings, only to find out miners did not take kindly to this. In 1850 California entered the Union as a //free// state. Slaves like Biddy Mason found there freedom in California. California's mixing of cultures was very important in California's history.



Sub- Questions people come to California? || What cultures came to California? || Did all the cultures get along? || California, in fact only 8(not including Native Americans because they were already there)! But a lot of people came to California. Infact, the California Gold Rush was one of the biggest movements of people in history! || People came to search for gold in California, also to grow crops, and to become enterpenuers, and to buy and sell goods. Most found this more probable than mining || A lot of cultures were at California during the time of the Gold Rush. Chinese, Mexicans, Irish, Germans, French, Latin Americans, and Turks all sought to make their fortune in California. || No, not all the cultures got along. Some people thought that only American miners could search for California gold. Some American miners cut off the Chinese's hair that were in long braids called queues worn by Chinese miners at the time. California Indians got booted off their land when gold was found there. Also, miners cut down forests and destroyed rivers and streams. These were the places where Indians hunted, fished, and gathered their food. || The poppy, California's state flower The HollyWood Sign in Los Angles
 * Joe || Laney || Leena || Leif ||
 * How many cultures came to California? || Why did so many
 * Not very many cultures came to


 * California!**

Resources
 * Calliope
 * California Collision of Cultures
 * Calisphere. University of C.A.

Annie

Chinese How did there cultures affect our culture

Nicholas

How they got there Germans Elle Turckish Key important people
 * = How they got to california ||= German imagrints to California ||
 * || * The germans came to california since the population was to big
 * The modernization and population forced germans to California ||

Colin

Irish what did the people do?

Resourses U.S. Census Bureou