MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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People who did not find gold made a living in California by ____
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cooking for miners
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running boarding houses
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washing clothes for miners
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gold! On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sam Brannan was the great beneficiary of this new found wealth. Prices increased rapidly and during this period his store had a turnover of $150, 000 a month (almost $4 million in today’s money).
Detailed explanation-3: -The daily diet of a miner was not too different from that of an overland trekker-“… hard bread which we eat half-cooked, and salt pork, with occasionally a salmon which we purchase of the Indians. Vegetables are not to be procured, ” is how one miner wrote home about his diet.
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