MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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Andrew and Sarah Monroe had been slaves in Missouri. Why were they not slaves in California?
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California did not allow slavery.
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U.S. territories could not sell slaves
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The vigilantes granted them freedom.
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panned for gold in the nearby streams
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Only Mexican Americans were slaves in California.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government. In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-2: -Of the U.S.’ first twelve presidents, the only two never to own slaves were John Adams, and his son John Quincy Adams; the first of which famously said that the American Revolution would not be complete until all slaves were freed.
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