... too late to fully repair the rivers of northern California because of the avarice of the 49ers. Intense racism resulted from the California gold rush. Miners directed their frustration and bad luck in the form of discrimination towards the foreigners. The news of gold had attracted people of Chilean, Mexican, Colombian, Hawaiian, French, German, Irish, Turk, and Chinese backgrounds. The once plentiful ... , succumbed easily to disease. Hundreds of victims were buried without ceremony in makeshift graves. They died weathered, heartbroken, and lonely. The promise of riches and glory was no...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... too late to fully repair the rivers of northern California because of the avarice of the 49ers. Intense racism resulted from the California gold rush. Miners directed their frustration and bad luck in the form of discrimination towards the foreigners. The news of gold had attracted people of Chilean, Mexican, Colombian, Hawaiian, French, German, Irish, Turk, and Chinese backgrounds. The once plentiful ... , succumbed easily to disease. Hundreds of victims were buried without ceremony in makeshift graves. They died weathered, heartbroken, and lonely. The promise of riches and glory was no...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... in. First you have your level 4's. They are pretty much the worst of the worst murderers and rapists. Then you have level 3's and they are almost as bad as level 4's except they did not intentionally kill anyone. This is what I fall under. Then there are your level 2's which are drug dealers, drunk drivers ... are your level 1's, first time offenders. The only reason I don't qualify as a level 1 is because I used a gun so I get to play with the really bad guys. Great! So here I am being escorted to West Block. We walk up through what I am now being told is Blood Alley, which is an extreme...

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• Grade Level: High School

... only around eighteen dollars for all his merchandise, which leaves him feeling, ripped off, a feeling not too uncommon around now. Car dealers rise prices on bad cars, put sawdust in motors to hide bad transmissions, and sell bad car parts. Also, pawnbrokers by stuff off of farmers planning to go to California outrageously cheap because they know that the farmers are in no ... goes on to tell Pa that because of those handbills his wife and children starved. But before Pa could get too down Casy tells him that they will have better luck. After traveling through New Mexico and Arizona, th...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School