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Transcript of RUSHING TO THE WESTWARD EXPANSION BY ASHLEY WEITZ & NEHA RODRICKS & SOPHIA COHEN.
RUSHING
TO T
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ASHLEY, SOPHIA, AND NEHA HAPPILY DEDICATE THIS PRODUCTION TO MRS. CORINO.
W E H O P E Y O U E N J O Y !
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9. C
AL
I FO
RN
I A W
AS
I N F
OR
A P
RE
CI O
US
TR
EA
T .
THE START OF THE GOLD
RUSH
THE MIN
ERS WERE IN
FOR IT
ALL
. THE 4
9ERS DUG &
DUG.
PEOPLE FR
OM MEXIC
O, CHIN
A, AND E
UROPE C
AME TOO.
EVEN AFR
ICAN A
MERICAN S
LAVES TRIE
D TO FI
ND GOLD
FOR THEIR
FREEDOM. I
N ADDITIO
N, BECAUSE E
VERYBODY
WAS FR
OM DIFF
ERENT PLA
CES THEY A
LL H
AD DIFF
ERENT
TECHNIQUES TO TRY A
ND FIND G
OLD. S
OME MADE TH
EIR
OWN M
ATERIA
LS A
ND OTH
ERS USED FO
RKS AND S
POONS
ETC. H
OWEVER, M
AJORITY
CAME H
OME WITH N
OTHIN
G
THAT THEY E
XPECTED. EVERY M
INER ,
EVERY SLA
VE, AND
EVERYBODY JUST K
EPT DIG
GING FO
R THEIR D
IGNITY.
TH
E F
OR
TY
- NI N
ER
S A
ND
OT
HE
RS
THE MINERS
PEOPL
E FO
UND GOLD
IN M
ANY W
AYS.
FOR E
XAMPLE,
THER
E ARE
MANY MET
HODS PE
OPLE
USED T
O FIN
D GOLD
.
ONE MET
HOD PEO
PLE
USED W
AS CALL
ED T
HE PANNIN
G
METHOD.
OTHER
S USE
D MORE
COMPLIC
ATED
MET
HODS
LIKE
THE LO
NG TOM O
R THE
CRADLE.
LAST
LY, S
OME JU
ST
WEN
T TO
DIG
UP
LAND W
ITH A
PIC
K AND A
SHOVEL
EVEN
THOUGH M
OST P
EOPL
E DID
NOT
FIND G
OLD T
HEY S
TILL
HAD MANY
WAY
S TO
TRY
.
TH
EY
AL L H
AD
MA
NY
WA
YS
.
METHODS
FURT
HER MORE T
HE GOLD
RUSH W
AS A V
ERY IM
PORT
ANT
TIME IN
HIS
TORY.
THE G
OLD R
USH WAS S
UCCESSFUL F
OR
SOME PEOPL
E AND N
OT FO
R OTH
ERS. PE
OPLE W
ORKED
VERY HARD T
O GET
TO C
ALIFORNIA
AND T
HEN FOUND
NOTHIN
G. MANY
PEOPL
E CAME B
ACK WIT
H NOTH
ING
BECAUSE ALL
THE E
ASY GOLD
WAS F
OUND BY
THE P
EOPLE
WHO G
OT TO
CALIF
ORNIA F
IRST.
AS YOU C
AN SEE, P
EOPLE
WERE B
RAVE T
O CALIF
ORNIA T
HEM SELV
ES TO F
IND G
OLD.
CO
NC
L US
I ON
OF T
HE
GO
L D
RU
SH
CONCLUSION OF THE GOLD RUSH
BEFORE THE BATTLE AT THE
ALAMO
WH
Y P
EO
PL E
MO
VE
D I
NT
O
TE
XA
S
IN T
HE BEG
INNIN
G, FEW
PEO
PLE
LIVIE
D IN T
EXAS.
MOST
LY M
EXIC
ANS
LIVED
IN T
EXAS
SINCE
IT W
AS TH
EN, A
PART
OF
MEXIC
O. THIS
CHANGED
WHEN
STE
PHAN A
USTIN
MADE
A DEA
L W
ITH T
HE MEX
ICAN
GOVERNMEN
T. T
HE MEX
ICAN G
OVERNMEN
T W
ANTED M
ORE SE
TTLE
RS
TO G
ROW C
ROPS, B
UILD S
CHOOLS A
ND PAY
TAXES
, AND A
MERIC
ANS
JUST
WANTE
D A P
LACE
TO M
OVE AND F
REE L
AND, AS
A RES
ULT T
HE
MEXIC
AN GOVER
NMENT
GAVE
4,000 A
CRES O
F FR
EE L
AND TO T
HE
AMERIC
ANS AS
LONG A
S TH
EY M
OVED IN
TEX
AS, A
ND THEY
DID
. BY
1833
MORE TH
AN 300,0
00 PEO
PLE
WER
E LIV
ING F
REELY
IN T
EXAS,
BUT
THAT
ALL C
HANGED W
HEN A
NTONIO
DE
LOPE
Z SANTA
ANNA B
ECAME
LEADER
,
HE TH
REW O
UT TH
E MEX
ICAN C
ONSTIT
UTION, C
HANGED L
AWS
AND
EVEN
DEC
LARED
AND M
ADE A L
AW T
HAT N
O MORE
AMERIC
ANS
BELONGED
IN T
EXAS.
THIS
MADE
THEM
DEC
IDE
THEY
WANTE
D TO G
O TO
WAR W
ITH M
EXIC
O TO G
AIN T
HEIR F
REEDOM.
DURING THE ALAMO
HO
W T
HE
Y P
RE
P AR
ED
AN
D F
OU
GH
T A
T T
HE
BA
T TL E
THE
TEXANS
HAD A B
IG D
ISADVA
NTAGE
TOW
ARD SANTA
ANNA’S
ARMY, W
HICH H
E W
AS LE
ADING H
IMSE
LF. L
UCKILY, M
ANY GREA
T
EXPE
RINCED
MEN
CAME
TO H
ELP,
FOR IN
STANCE,
BUCK T
RAVIS
,
JIM B
OWIE
AND D
AVY
CROCKETT
WER
E ALL
AMAZIN
G PEO
PLE
WHO
COULD F
IGHT.
ON FEB
. 23, 1
836, THE
TROUBLE
BEG
AN WHEN
A
WARNIN
G CALL
CHUCH B
ELL
RANG, THIS
MEA
NT TH
AT S
ANTA
ANNNA’S A
RMY HAD E
NTEREE
D SAN A
NTONIO
. NEX
T, S
ANTA A
NNA
WARNED
THE
TEXANS
THAT
HE
WASN
’T G
OING E
ASY A
ND THEY
SHOULD
BACK D
OWN N
OW, H
OWEV
ER T
HEY D
IDN’T
LIS
TEN A
ND
FIRED
ONE
ROUND OF
CANNONS. D
AY A
ND NIG
HT TH
EY F
OUGHT,
MEXIC
ANS MARCHIN
G AND S
HOOTING, T
EXANS
DIGGIN
G
TREN
CHES A
ND SHOOTI
NG. FIN
ALLY,
AT
5:00 A
.M. O
N MARCH 6
TH ,
1836, THE
REAL
FAMOUS
BATTL
E BEG
UN. SANTA
ANNA’S
ARMY
KEPT
FLOODIN
G IN A
ND ATT
ACKING, W
HILE T
HE TE
XANS W
ERE
LOSI
NG FOOD A
ND AMMO A
ND HAD T
O FIG
HT W
ITH T
HEIR O
WN
HANDS UNTI
L TH
EY D
IED. I
N THE
END, A
LL 1
88 TEX
ANS DIE
D.
AFTER THE ALAMO
WH
AT
HA
PP
EN
ED
BE
CA
US
E O
F TH
E
BA
T TL E
THE
BATTL
E OF
ALAMO, O
NLY L
ASTED
2 H
OURS ALT
HOUGH IT M
ADE A B
IG
DIFFE
RENCE
ON THE
WAY
PEO
PLE
ACTED.
ALL O
F TH
E 18
8 SO
LDIE
RS TH
AT
DIED W
EREN
’T A
LLOW
ED T
O BE
BURIED, T
HEY H
AD TO B
E BURNED
. AFT
ER
THE
BATTL
E, S
ANTA A
NNA ORDER
ED W
OMEN S
URVIV
ORS TO
GO T
ELL
SAM
HOUSTON, T
HE LE
ADER O
F TH
E TE
XAS ARMY,
THAT
HE
COULD N
OT W
IN T
HE
WAR A
GAINST
HIM
. SAM H
OUSTON B
ECAME
FURIO
US AFT
ER H
EARIN
G WHAT
HAPPEN
ED A
T TH
E ALA
MO. HE
MET U
P W
ITH O
THER
TEX
AS LE
ADERS
AND
DECLA
RED T
EXAS
AN INDEP
ENDEN
T COUNTR
Y. FI
NALLY,
SAM H
OUSTON’S
ARMY OF
800 M
EN D
EFEA
TED T
HE 15
00 S
TRONG A
RMY OF
SANTA A
NNA IN A
BATTL
E TH
AT L
ASTED
ONLY
18
MINUTE
S, A
S TH
EY S
HOUTED, “
REMEM
BER
THE
ALAMO!”
. AS
A RES
ULT, T
EXAS
BECAME
AN INDEP
ENDEN
T COUNTR
Y
UNTIL
1845
WHEN
IT B
ECAME
A STA
TE.
ASHLEY’S WORDS:GOLD - YELLOW PRECIOUS
METAL
49ERS - PEOPLE WHO LEFT HOME IN 1849 TO FIND GOLD
SOPHIA’S WORDS:
CONTRADICTION – WHEN SOMEONE CAN DISAGREE WITH YOUR OPINION.
SUBSTANTIAL – BASIC OR ESSENTIAL
NEHA’S WORDS: ALAMO- IN SPANISH, ALAMO MEANS COTTONWOOD. ALAMO WAS A MISSION CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO BUILT WITH COTTONWOOD.
INDEPENDENT- NOT CONTROLLED BY A LEADER
H E L P F U L D E F E N T I O N S
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
Neha’s citation: www.BrainPop.com Social studies alive; (textbook, a lot)Teachers Curriculum Institute; Palo Alto, CA2012America Will Be; (textbook, a lot)Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, MA1999Remember the Alamo; Cynthia Mercati Perfection Learning Cooperation; Logon, Iowa2000
Sophia’s citation:Social Studies Alive, Teacher’s Curriculum Institute, California, 2012
Ashley’s Citation:Gold, Linda Scher Kids Discover, New York1959
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