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| What could a miner do if he felt mistreated? |
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| What two words describe camp justice? |
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| How did a miner stake a claim? |
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| Mark the land, drive a stake into ground, and register with camp recorder |
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| How did the miners govern themselves? |
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| Name two non-white groups that were in the gold fields? |
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| Indians, Chinese, Mexicans, and Latin Americans |
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| Why the Indians dislike the miners? |
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| They ruined the land and scared away the game (animals) |
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| Which group was perhaps treated the worst, often swindled, robbed, and beaten? |
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| Who where the "Chilenos?" |
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| Mexicans or Latin Americans |
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| Justice was fair to everyone except who? |
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| Non-whites or non-English speakers |
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| Why was the gold and silver discovery in Nevada called the Comstock Lode? |
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| Comstock falsely boasted that the gold was found on his land. |
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| Who made the Comstock Discovery? |
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| Where was gold and silver discovered in Nevada? |
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| How much gold and silver did the Comstock produce? |
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| How was mining the Comstock different from earlier rushes? |
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| The gold was underground and large companies owned the land |
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| When was gold discovered in Colorado? |
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| What did the early Colorado gold rushers paint on their wagons? |
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| What kind of books were first written about the Colorado gold rush? |
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| What happened to Colorado as a result of the gold rush? |
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| It became a territory and then a state |
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| Where was gold discovered in 1859? |
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