Gold rush

Dear NI1 groups, 

This is a video from American Hisotry Channel. It is related to chapter number 4 from American Cities. Try to answer these questions:

• How was success considered differently in California from New England in the East?
• What were the consequences of gold rush?

 

Lure: attract

Scramble: (with for) to rush, or struggle with others, to get. The boys scrambled for the ball.

Impoverish: to make poor. The long war severely impoverished the country.

 

Breakthrough: a sudden solution of a problem leading to further advances, especially in science. 

The discovery of the structure of DNA was a major scientific breakthrough.