MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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California’s wealth persuaded America to admit it into the Union
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The Chinese gave up mining quickly and easily
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More politicians were shaking hands and kissing babies
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California was admitted as the 31st state to the Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gold Rush undoubtedly sped up California’s admission to the Union as the 31st state. In late 1849, California applied to enter the Union with a constitution that barred the Southern system of racial slavery, provoking a crisis in Congress between proponents of slavery and anti-slavery politicians.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The area of California was never organized as a territory, but was administered from 1848 to statehood by a federal military authority. California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
Detailed explanation-4: -California’s application for statehood caused an uproar because it was applying as a non-slave state. The slave states and non-slave states avoided conflict by always having an equal amount of slave and non-slave states, however, California would upset this balance.
Detailed explanation-5: -What then was the problem that provoked a heated debate in Congress and delayed California statehood? As it turned out, California’s application got entangled with the slavery dispute between northern and southern states. In the early 19th century the country functioned under provisions of the 1820 Missouri Compromise.