It brought a lot of jobs to the west and also brought immigrants. When the gold rush first started people flocked to California to get a part in the rush. The strongest men from every city left their homes to find wealth. The people who made it to California first found plentiful gold, but it was hard work, and there were many people trying to get the gold. Immigrants form all over the world came to find instant wealth, so during the rush California became the most diverse state in the country.
Many of the immigrants, not knowing the way America worked, didn’t stray too far from the East Coast and moved into areas filled with people of similar languages, traditions, and beliefs. When they did interact with American citizens the immigrants were typically assaulted verbally and had to deal with many instances of discrimination. However, ward and city bosses realized their importance and began recruiting them fresh off of the boats trying to gain they’re political votes. This tactic began to affect the political scene of the major American cities as whoever gained the most immigrant votes began to gain control. The substantial increase in population due to immigration that occurs during this time goes on to affect the nation in positive and negative ways.
One conflict was the gold rush of 1849, where some gold was found in what is now California, and millions of settlers went west to get rich on gold, and in the process fought with the Spanish who lived out there, and then killed many Indians who also settled in that land. After California was bleed dry, the settlers thought maybe the neighboring states would have gold, which lead to another gold rush in Colorado in 1850, Idaho and Montana in the 1860, and Arizona and Nevada during the 1870's. Even though gold really wasn't found in those states other minerals where found like silver in those states, which made the West one of the worlds largest reservoirs of precious metals. Plus the Indians where pushed aside for the railroad expansions, the railroads where away to expand west and do it quickly, as opposed to traveling by horse and wagon, or by walking even in some cases. In most cases, the people who traveled West for precious metals would usually travel back
In the 1920’s there were several social and cultural changes. Before the twenties, thrift and frugality were the true values and consumption with abandon was bad. [2] There was a huge rise in culture, leading to economic and social changes. The development of popular culture included the rise of literature, radio, music, dance, theater, sports and recreation, art, and motion pictures. In order for corporations to make money, they produced things related to the rising popular culture.
Part A One of the most significant geographical factors that contributed to the expansion of the United States was the existence of gold in California. Prior to the Gold Rush of 1849, California was primarily a Mexican province where to a few adventurous Americans had made their way. However, once the news of gold spread east and the New York Herald printed the news of gold within its pages, the slow passage of people to the west “accelerated into a stampede.” (The California gold rush, 2003) This explosion of pioneers was small by no means. In the spring of 1849, over 30,000 people assembled at launch points along the plains ready to make the long hard journey to California in hopes of striking it rich. The promise of gold seemed great
California’s big production city Hollywood was a huge factor in the spread of Communism in the late 1940s. During the Great Depression people were desperate for any type of change, many people saw communist countries striving and thought that Communism would get the U.S. out of the rut. Many citizens thought Communism would create more jobs in all states
Another regionalism trait that was used to its extent was the setting. The fact that it took place in California during this huge gold rush that brought about a large increase gambling played a very significant part in the plot of the story. This is important because knowing this explains why Mr. Oakhurst is kicked out of town. These details play a important rule because if the story didn’t take place in California then the gold rush wouldn’t have been a factor so gambling wouldn’t have been so important and Mr. Oakhurst wouldn’t have been kicked out of town. These are a few reason that regionalism played an important role in this story.
In the 1920s, many people traveled across America and from different countries to the industrialized city of Los Angeles to look for opportunities and fulfill the American dream. For centuries, many immigrants came to Los Angeles expecting that not only it is a center of modernization and production of high-quality goods, but also a promising land of dreams and opportunities. However, as they arrived, they encountered several unbelievable obstacles. In the diary entry "Laughing In The Jungle", the author Louis Adamic comments that the scenery of Los Angeles is merely a deception to society's eyes; actually, it is an egocentric society where people valued greed and wealth. Pico Iyer's diary entry "Where Worlds Collide" explains how Los Angeles is not a starting point, but rather an end where all dreams and expectations that the foreigners carried throughout their journey simply shatter.
These factors are political, economic, environmental and cultural based. Some push factors include those that force people to migrate such as few job opportunities, poor medical conditions, natural disasters etc. Pull factors are those that attract people to migrate such as better living conditions, education, more job opportunities etc. Migration has many effects such as changes in population, economic results, and especially increasing mixture of cultures from different regions around the world. Migration has had a huge impact on Australia in particular, since the Gold Rush; many people arrived from all over the world.
Casino gaming industries in many states have experienced substantial growth and expansion. Much of this has been a direct result of explicit strategies adopted by state and local governments which believe that casinos can be an important catalyst in creating or otherwise stimulating growth and tourism within their borders. However, the success of using casinos as a growth strategy and a tourism strategy has been mixed. The actual impacts of casino developments and their contributions to tourism objectives have depended on a variety of circumstances. Also, there are many that believe that gambling and casinos lead to more problems than good.