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After you finish the Blendspace activity please get with ONE partner and have a discussion about these questions. Please write down your thoughts (both people writes their own) and have them ready for class tomorrow.
a. Who is the most likely type of person to get rich off of the Gold Rush of 1849? Why?
b. What risks are gold miners taking? What risks are merchants taking?
c. If the railroad doesn't expand across the country, do you think the west coast would be as populated as it is?
d. Since railroads were given lots of land in the west, how do you think they used it and how did it make them money?
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