yes. It caused people to move west so they could try to find gold.
They came over to californiia during the gold rush, along with the russians, japanese, etc.
To take part in the California Gold Rush
It helped complete the idea of America's Maniest Destiny, expanding from sea to shining sea. It also provided valuable farming land for the growing population to settle, and once they got to California they disccovered Gold and the Gold Rush began. It also helped address theissue of slavery in the Us, depending on whether or not each new state that was exapnaded into was declared to be a free or slave state, and in turn sending a delegation to the American Congress to fight for the chosen set up.
When the western expansion started,people from the east began moving west. one of the great happenings during that time was the gold rush.the gold rush polluted waters and the enviroment as a result of the drill that people used to find gold.ative americans had a really hard time. that is one consequence Another is that the west had very few people and it was hard to find any people before the ages of the gold rush.
The people of the mining towns needed large amounts of supplies. The Western mining boom had begun with the California Gold Rush of 1849. When the Gold Rush ended, miners looked for new opportunities.
The westward Expansion started after the gold rush in 1849.
The westward Expansion started after the gold rush in 1849.
No one really started it but expansion boomed during the gold rush.
Because all the people heard about the California Gold Rush, so they headed westward
Because the gold rush and the government offered free land.
In 1848, the gold rush started, going through 1849.
Some good things about the gold rush are that it contributed to westward expansion, it made many people wealthy, and it injected a large amount of gold into the economy. It was a short lived but important part of American history.
Americans desire for inexpensive land, adventure, the gold rush, Manifest Destiny
the gold rush, manifest destiny (expansion) are two
Causes:Manifest DestinyPopulation GrowthEconomyLand PriceEffects:Pony ExpressContinental RailroadCalifornia Gold Rush
They came over to californiia during the gold rush, along with the russians, japanese, etc.
The California Gold Rush was a major factor in expansion west of the Mississippi. That westward expansion was greatly aided by the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.