Boomtowns PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 11 slides                                            

Objective: To examine the causes and effects of the boomtowns and ghost towns of the West.

Key Terms and People:

Gold Rush

Forty-niners

Sutter’s Mill

Comstock Lode

Boomtowns

Ghost Towns

Multimedia:

Video – Gold Rush (2:37)

Audio – First Finds

Audio – The Story of Levi Strauss & Co.

Video – Carpenter’s Discovery Triggers Gold Rush (3:15)

Audio – A Miner’s Life

Video – Wrap Up: California Gold Rush (2:12)