THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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Which statement about the people who went to California in search of gold during the Gold Rush is NOT correct?
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Most of the individuals who came West made a fortune mining for gold.
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Conditions were often hard for miners as settlements lacked basic amenities.
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Though there were women in some mining camps, most of those that came West were young men.
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They established towns but often were forced to abandoned them as nearby mines were exhausted.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 1848 discovery of gold in California set off a frenzied Gold Rush to the state the next year as hopeful prospectors, called “forty-niners, ” poured into the state. This massive migration to California transformed the state’s landscape and population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Americans soon began “rushing” to California by land and sea before the “easy” gold disappeared. Between 1850 and 1860, California’s population grew from 92, 597 to 379, 994-a 310 percent increase!
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