You are going to listen to a podcast about the California Gold Rush, look at some images, and answer a set of questions.

You are going to listen to a podcast about the California Gold Rush, look at some images, and answer a set of questions. You will then submit your answers to the Turn it in link in the assignment module. The podcast link, a transcript, and the images are all posted in the assignment module.

Grade scale is 16, 12, 8, 4, 0. Rubric included below.

THE USE OF AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) IS PROHIBITED. IT WILL RESULT IN A ZERO

Questions: copy and paste the questions below and include them in your submission. Make sure you use copy/paste and not document upload.

Do not give one sentence answers. Explain, give detail.

1. What was San Francisco like at the start of the Gold Rush? Use the podcast and the images.

2.What is meant by “mining the miners?” From the first 2 images, what can you tell about the public view of the ‘49ers?

3. How did gold mining change over time from the early days of the Gold Rush to the end of the 1850s?

Why did it change? Look at gold in Brazil

What do the images tell you about who is working in mining?

How is California during the Gold Rush a compressed version of American history?

5. How did the Mexican-American War affect race relations during the Gold Rush?

6. What were mining camps like? How did the cope with not having women? Think about gender roles.

7. What was life like for women during the Gold Rush?

8. How did the Gold Rush affect Native people? Use the podcast and the images.