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The California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush. By: Addison Rogers . The Beginning. The great California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River. News of the discovery brought thousands of immigrants to California. . The Effect.

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The California Gold Rush

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  1. The California Gold Rush By: Addison Rogers

  2. The Beginning • The great California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River. News of the discovery brought thousands of immigrants to California.

  3. The Effect • Many people have said before that the California Gold Rush put the state on the map. California was acquired by the United States until gold came along. People came by the thousands. This led to the population boom. Growth exceeded tremendously in several states.

  4. The Effect • San Francisco went from 1,000 people in 1848, which soon became 3,500 in 1850. Only London, at the time, had more newspapers than San Francisco. Theaters and businesses sprung up and with those, wages increased, and the economy was put into motion.

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  6. Industrialization • In 1848, the Gold Rush brought in people to work labor on the Erie Canal. The average daily wage was 88 cents. This was a development of better transportation.

  7. Benefits of the Rush • California’s overall population growth was so swift that it was put into the Union as the 31st state in 1850. This was 2 years after the US had acquired it from Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.

  8. The End • By 1864, California’s gold rush had ended. The rich surface and river placers were exhausted. Hydraulic mines were the main sources of gold for the next 20 years.

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