CHAPTER 14: Manifest Destiny "Gold!"

Introduction
Students have read about the California Gold Rush. In this lesson, students will interpret several photographs that focus on that event.

Lesson Description
Students will view a series of photographs about the Gold Rush and read the accompanying text. They will then answer questions based on what they have viewed and read.

Instructional Objective
Students will be able to interpret photographs in order to answer questions about them.

Student Web Activity Answers
1. differences-used different tools; similarities-both appeared young and clean-cut, had determined, serious looks on their faces 2. cut-down trees; holes dug into the side of the earth; waterways disrupted
3. droughts, floods, and political turmoil in China, as well as the prospect of getting rich in the Gold Rush
4. They were the victims of violence; they were forced to pay an unjust miners' tax.

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