MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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To become a slave state.
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To just be a state.
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To sell the gold they found.
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Their population increased.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several days earlier, January 24, 1848, gold had been discovered on the American River near Sacramento, and the ensuing gold rush hastened California’s admittance to the Union. With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy; the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most newly acquired regions of the U.S. went through long periods as territories before they had the 60, 000 inhabitants needed to achieve statehood, and prior to the Gold Rush, emigration to California had been so slow that it would have been decades before the population reached that number.
Detailed explanation-4: -From 1950 to the millennium, the population had eclipsed 34 million. This growth was not mirrored by any other state in the country. California was the standout destination due to its expanding industry, booming economy, and natural allure.