MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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the ‘49ers found a lot of gold and built homes there.
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a mix of races, cultures and religions are present there.
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most people who came from China stayed in San Francisco.
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it has narrow streets that date back to before the Gold Rush.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Almost overnight, the gold rush transformed San Francisco into a booming city filled with makeshift tent-houses, hotels, stores, saloons, gambling halls, and shanties. By 1849, as the gold rush fever swept through the country, the city’s population exploded to a staggering 25, 000.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gold Rush significantly influenced the history of California and the United States. It created a lasting impact by propelling significant industrial and agricultural development and helped shape the course of California’s development by spurring its economic growth and facilitating its transition to statehood.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in U.S. history. In March 1848, there were roughly 157, 000 people in the California territory; 150, 000 Native Americans, 6, 500 of Spanish or Mexican descent known as Californios and fewer than 800 non-native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The news of gold brought approximately 300, 000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. 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.