WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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the population stayed the same
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the population reduced (got smaller) in size
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the population grew rapidly
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the population grew slowly
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Detailed explanation-1: -In response to reports from California, Polk stated that such an “abundance” of gold had been found that the news “would scarcely command belief.” Aspiring miners “rushed” to California, causing the state’s population to increase by more than 300 percent between 1850 and 1860.
Detailed explanation-2: -The news of gold brought approximately 300, 000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy; the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gold Rush had an effect on California’s landscape. Rivers were dammed or became clogged with sediment, forests were logged to provide needed timber, and the land was torn up-all in pursuit of gold.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Gold Rush affect California’s population? The population grew quickly and became more diverse as people came from China and other countries to find gold.