... and those who migrated were said to have "The Fever". "The Fever" was the thirst for gold and prosperity. It was also the determination to get to California just to have the opportunity. It was "the fever" that affected California demographically. After the announcement of gold had been confirmed, over 40,000 prospectors came to California within the first two years. It was ... America. It seemed as if the whole world was represented from: "Chinamen, Malays, Mexicans, French, Germans, Sandwich Islands, and Chillians". San Francisco and the mining towns became one big melting pot of nati...

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• Grade Level: High School

... opinions and prejudices have changed from when she was a young child. The publishers, Island Press, market her book under the guise of "The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repairs." Ann Vileisis has studied at several Ivy League schools and received an environmental history degree ... from Yale University. She enjoys traveling to and exploring many of the remaining wetlands in the U.S. as an educational guide for Outward Bound USA. Her book won the "George Perkins Marsh Prize ... that migrate through the region, which comes with draining and filling in lowlands. She alleges that go...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate