USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The California Gold Rush turned the once-rural expanse of California into an area dotted with towns and cities. “The Gold Rush put San Francisco on the map, ” Rohrbough says. “It also was instrumental in the founding and growth of Stockton and Sacramento.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Three settlements were principal beneficiaries of the Gold Rush. San Francisco, a sleepy village called “Yerba Buena” until 1847, became California’s major seaport, far eclipsing San Diego, San Pedro, and Monterey to the south.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of them, including the Marshall Gold Discovery site, the fabulous Empire Mine, the historic town of Columbia, the rich gold deposits at Plumas Eureka, and the controversial hydraulic mining pits at Malakoff Diggins, are located in or near the Mother Lode region of the central Sierra Nevada foothills.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -By the summer, it jumped to 50, 000. San Francisco became the world’s fastest growing city, its population exploding from 812 in 1848 to 25, 000 in 1850.