MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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The California gold rush lasted how many years?
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1 year
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2 years
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5 years
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The prison’s origins date to the California Gold Rush, a period that roughly spanned from 1848 to 1852. The influx of fortune seekers to the San Francisco area also brought an increase in crime.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1899, news arrived that a fortune in gold dust had been uncovered on the beaches of Nome, Alaska. The reports immediately triggered a mass exodus from the Yukon. Dawson-which had once boasted a population of some 17, 000-lost 8, 000 residents. History’s last great gold rush was effectively over.
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