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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The California Gold Rush
By: Addison Rogers
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 Beginning
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.
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.
The Effect
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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.
Industrialization
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.
Benefits of the Rush
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.
The End