discussion

At least 400 words

Discuss one of the following:

Compare the advantages and disadvantages for Americans of traveling to the California gold fields by the two main sea routes or by traveling overland. What were the main problems and dangers of each method?

or

How did the white miners treat “foreigners” like Hispanics, Indians, and Chinese in the gold mining areas? How did the whites justify their actions?

or

Describe the conditions that led to the calling of the constitutional convention in Monterey in 1849 and look at the major issues at the convention and how they were resolved.

or

California in the 1850s and 1860s was quite racially and ethnically diverse. How did this diversity occur, and how did it manifest itself in the early decades of California statehood?