MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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He opened banks throughout California
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He sold pies to miners
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He turned fabrics he planned for tents and turned them into pants for miners
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He started by building wheelbarrows and then began to build cars
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the mid-1850’s, John Mohler Studebaker lived and worked in Placerville at 543 Main Street. John made wheelbarrows for gold miners and invested his earnings in the family business with his brothers Clement, Henry & Peter in South Bend, Indiana where they opened a blacksmith and wagon building shop.
Detailed explanation-2: -The origins of the Studebaker Corporation date back to 1852, when brothers Henry and Clement Studebaker opened a blacksmith shop in South Bend, Indiana. Studebaker eventually became a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn wagons and supplied wagons to the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Born in 1833, Studebaker made a fortune ($8, 000) producing wheelbarrows out of the Hinds-Studebaker Blacksmith Shop for miners in Hangtown, Calif., (now Placerville) during the California gold rush.
Detailed explanation-4: -Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Studebaker Corporation produced an electric horseless carriage in 1902, followed by the manufacture of a gasoline-powered automobile in 1904. At the head of the corporation was J.M Studebaker, formerly known as “Wheelbarrow Johnny.”