Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 9, Lesson 1, The New Californians (pp. 204-208)
I. Why California?
B. The gold rush, warm weather, and the rich farmland made immigrants
believe that California was the place to make dreams come true.
II. Immigrants from Europe
B. Since life was so hard in the East Coast cities, many immigrants
left there for California.
III. Immigrants from Asia
B. Immigrants also arrived from Japan and found that life in
California as an immigrant was not what they expected.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. California attracted thousands of immigrants in the 1800s.
A. Immigrants came to the United States from European countries.
A. When Asians from China entered California, they found unfamiliar
people and cultures.
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