Manifest Destiny Far West
trey johnson, brittany bryson, cadyn schrank
The Klondike Gold Rush
- the Klondike gold rush was a migration of over 100,000 gold prospectors on a mission to find gold in the Klondike region of the Yukon between 1896-1899
- some gold was found in early 1896 and once news hit san fransisco there was a mad dash for gold in the Klondike.
- only a few became wealthy
- once gold was found in Nome Alaska everyone left hastily leaving the Klondike behind
- prospectors hiked the cold mountainous terrain and didn't get to the Klondike until around 1898
- in 2 years the population of dawson city went from 500 to 30,000
- in northwestern Canada
- George Carmack was the first to discover the gold
- found in bonanza creek
- within a few months the creek was full of miners
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farming the plains
the united states congress passes homestead act
opened the great plains
settlers got 160 acres
but only if they lived there for over 5 years
between 1862 and 1900 80 million acres was settled
the people were known as homesteaders
plowing and sewing became very hard work
new machinery became invented
John Deeres sodbust