There were wild stories in the eastern US about the discovery of gold in California. Despite the publicity, it was faraway and many people were unbelievers. Then, when US president Polk spoke about it in a message to Congress, the unbelievers were now confident about the reality of gold. Therefore, one can give President Polk some credit for the mad rush to get to California.
James Polk mentioned the discovery of gold in California in an address ti Congress in December of 1848.
he helped California
The mass migration to California of miners and business people who made money from the miners is known as the California gold rush. The migrants who left for California in 1849 were called forty niners. Hope this helped ((;
his mom helped him with the movement
it didn't really hurt California, it helped the state
Mose Wright helped with the Civil Rights Movement. The civil rights movement helped give blacks equal rights as whites.
it didn't really hurt California, it helped the state
Provided aid to European nations. This helped many of the countries to build back up after all of the destruction of the war.
the sufferage movement.
President Harry Truman helped create the United Nations.
there wasn't any president's that had helped out on puting out forest fires.
The Civil Right's Movement helped to restart the women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The number of women in the workforce doubled from 1950 to 2000 as a direct result of the women's rights movement.
The Civil Right's Movement helped to restart the women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The number of women in the workforce doubled from 1950 to 2000 as a direct result of the women's rights movement.