WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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People from all over the world moved to California
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Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold
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thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Gold Rush also had a severe environmental impact. Rivers became clogged with sediment; forests were ravaged to produce timber; biodiversity was compromised and soil was polluted with chemicals from the mining process.
Detailed explanation-3: -California Gold Rush, rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in early 1848 and reached its peak in 1852. According to estimates, more than 300, 000 people came to the territory during the Gold Rush.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the end of the Gold Rush in 1855, more complicated methods for gathering the gold had been invented, and these methods included equipment for mining the gold from the surrounding underground rock formations.