WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Most of the miners worked by themselves or in small groups with few striking it rich.
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Most of the miners struck it rich.
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Most of the miners were paid a salary.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -While a small number of prospectors did become rich, the reality was that gold panning rarely turned up anything of real value, and the work itself was back-breaking. The lack of housing, sanitation, and law enforcement in the mining camps and surrounding areas created a dangerous mix.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gold was discovered in California as early as March 9, 1842, at Rancho San Francisco, in the mountains north of present-day Los Angeles.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gold Rush proved dangerous and deadly for non-white people. During the Gold Rush, violence against foreign miners increased, with beatings, rapes and even murders becoming commonplace. However no ethnic group suffered more than California’s Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mineral rushes transformed the American West, stimulating large-scale migration, demands for transportation, and creating new economies and societies in the process.