MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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Which of these is incorrect. Native Americans in the Gold Rush ____
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Were Massacred
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Were kidnapped and sold into slavery
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Had their land stolen
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Became delagates
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By 1870, the Native population of California had declined to an estimated 31, 000 with over 60 percent perishing from diseases introduced by the 49ers. Tribes were also systematically chased off their lands, forcibly relocated to missions and reservations, enslaved and brutally massacred.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term ‘Indian’ is a misnomer that was used to describe the native Americans by Christopher Colombus. Colombus set out to discover India but ended up discovering America. He took to calling the native Americans ‘Indians’ due to his mistaken assumption of having reached India.
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