MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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They found silver in Nevada
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People became rich
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California grew with schools, roads, and railroads
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The Native American Population went down
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gold Rush also had a severe environmental impact. Rivers became clogged with sediment; forests were ravaged to produce timber; biodiversity was compromised and soil was polluted with chemicals from the mining process.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gold Rush had severe effects on Indigenous Peoples of California and resulted in a precipitous Native population decline from disease, genocide and starvation.
Detailed explanation-3: -An estimated 100, 000 Native Americans died during the first two years of the Gold Rush alone; by 1873, only 30, 000 indigenous people remained of around 150, 000. According to Madley, the state spent a total of about $1.7 million-a staggering sum in its day-to murder up to 16, 000 people.