Guided Reading North and South 8-th Grade for Last Quarter

Guided Reading Manifest Destiny Lesson 4 California and Utah ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do new ideas change the way people live? California Gold Rush Reading for Accuracy Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a statement is false, rewrite it to make it true. 1. The Gold Rush attracted people from Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, and China. 2. Most of the miners who came to California found gold. 3. A vigilante was someone who looked for gold, but knew nothing about mining. 4. Merchants in boomtowns could charge any price they wanted for their goods. 5. The California Gold Rush more than doubled the world’s supply of gold. Guided Reading Cont. Manifest Destiny Determining Cause and Effect Write the correct cause or effect in the chart. California Gold Rush Cause 6. Effect California’s population increased Cause 7. Effect finding gold dust or nuggets Cause Mining towns had no police or prisons. Effect 8. Cause the need for better government Effect 9. 10. Analyzing In your own words, describe the lasting effects of the Gold Rush on California. Guided Reading Cont. Manifest Destiny A Religious Refuge in Utah Identifying Fill in the blanks with the correct word or words from the text. 1. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) was . 2. The Mormon’s neighbors in New York and Illinois disagreed with their practice of . 3. Brigham Young led the Mormons to the area that is now the state of . 4. The was the body of water near which Brigham Young and his people settled. Listing The Mormons found life difficult in their settlement, but they worked hard and prospered. On the lines below, list three things that the Mormons did to turn the wild, dry terrain into a prosperous place. 5. 6. 7.