{short description of image} Before you learn more about the human price of gold, write down the following statements, discuss possible answers within your group of four, then share with the class.

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True or False:

Slavery ended in the United States by the end of the Civil War.

The U.S. Government did not pay bounty hunters in the Gold Rush era to scalp Indians.

By the end of the Gold Rush era, the California Indian population was diminished by 94 % as a result of disease and genocide.

Larrabee Creek is named after a non-Indian man in the Gold Rush era who fought to protect the land rights of Wiyot people.






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