WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place.
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Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
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Towns where dynamite was found
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Towns where loud sounds were often heard.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Settlements that appeared suddenly and grew very quickly were known as boom towns. Many went from boom to bust in a matter of months. Some were built near gold or silver mines or were built near forests to feed the timber trade. When the gold and silver disappeared or if all the trees had been cut, the people moved on.
Detailed explanation-2: -The cities of San Francisco and Columbia are two examples of boomtowns during the gold rush. A lot of boomtowns eventually turned into abandoned ghost towns. When the gold ran out in an area, the miners would leave to find the next gold strike.
Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction-What is a Boomtown? A boomtown can be simply defined as a community undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic shock. There is a long history of U.S. boomtowns linked to natural resource development dating back to the 1849 gold rush, which sparked a massive population migration to California.
Detailed explanation-4: -First boomtowns Trieste, Italy, from the opening of the free port, a boomtown of Central Europe in the northernmost part of the Adriatic. California attracted tens of thousands of gold prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849.
Detailed explanation-5: -The largest of the Gold Rush boomtowns was San Francisco, which counted only a few hundred residents in 1846 but by 1850 had reached a population of 34, 000. So quickly did the territory grow that by 1850 California was ready to enter the Union as a state.