Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 3, Law and Order (pp. 146-149)
I. Crime in California
B. Vigilante groups took the law into their own hands.
II. Mining Town Trouble
B. The miners did not care about treating people fairly even
though they thought that they were helping to make California
a better and safer place.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Even though California was now a state, crime was still a big problem.
A. Like the vigilantes, the miners ignored justice and took
care of problems themselves.
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