Museum - Celeste Camacho by https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02 en-us 2022-11-23 15:11:35 UTC 2025-10-29 03:17:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3ad.png Early 1848 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404525709 The California Gold Rush was sparked by the discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley. This redirected the technologies of communication, transportation and accelerated and expanded the reach of the American and British Empires.​]]> 2022-12-01 02:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404525709 Mining Methods 1848-1849 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404544548 Panning: Gold pans, picks and sholves were used to pan for surface gold. 
Cradling: Some miners used a gold cradle to search for surface gold.
Puddling: A puddling tub was used to search for surface gold in clay.
Sluicing: Several miners could use a sluice at once to search for surface gold.]]> 2022-12-01 03:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404544548 The Chinese Inmigration - 1850 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404580472 Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked in the  California Gold Rush and the Central Pacific Railroad. They also worked in agricultural jobs, and factory work,
especially in the garment industry. They suffered racial discrimination at every level of society. The white people were stirred to anger by the " yellow peril”.
]]> 2022-12-01 03:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404580472 Chinese population in the 19th Century a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404584055 By 1870 there were 63,000 Chinese in the United States. 77% of this population were in the state of California. The rest of the Chinese population were everywhere in the West,
Southwest, New England, and the South.
]]> 2022-12-01 03:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404584055 End of the Gold Rush - 1855 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404602867 By the end of the Gold Rush, more complicated methods
for gathering the gold had been invented. These methods included equipment for mining the gold from the surrounding underground rock formations.
]]> 2022-12-01 04:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404602867 Transcontinental railroad - 1863-1869 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404608300 North America’s first transcontinental Railroad was a 3,075 km continous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing US railroad network with the Pacific Coast. It was constructed by three prívate companies over public land provided by the US. ]]> 2022-12-01 04:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404608300 The Civil War - 1861 - 1865 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404620757 It was caused by disagreetments over slavery, states vs federal rights, the election of Abraham Linconln and the attack of fort Summer. Some important figures were Linconln, Jefferson Davis and Andrew Johnson. ]]> 2022-12-01 04:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404620757 The Reconstruction - 1865 - 1877 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404625116 It was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of  reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.

]]> 2022-12-01 04:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404625116 Life in the South after Emancipation a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404636729 We had the Thirteenth Amendment (1865), Fourteenth Amendment: (1866; 1868) and the Fifteenth Amendment: (1869; 1870). However, states were allowed complete autonomy regarding local and state electoral laws. State and local governments to limit the voting abilities of Black people.
Despite this, Blacks would engage actively in voting and in political life. And we had the first Black Representatives in Congress.
]]> 2022-12-01 05:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404636729 World War 1 -1914-1918 a222207112 https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404642448 Commonly referred to by some authors as the "Great War" or the "War to End All Wars", was a global conflict which lasted from 1914 to 1918, and is considered one of the deadliest conflicts in history. ]]> 2022-12-01 05:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/a222207112/md3b6c5rqhhgzz02/wish/2404642448