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The Gold Rush caused the population to increase enormously in a small span of time.

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Why is the California gold rush an important event?

It brought 30000 people to California


What is the most important result of the California gold rush?

The most important result of the California Gold Rush was probably the increase in population it caused in California. Before the rush, San Francisco was a village of 500 with a nice harbor. The gold rush made it into a city. Other towns and cities were founded at the same time, and California became a state less than three years after the gold rush started.


What element in the periodic table is an economically important precious metal and important in the history of California?

The element is "gold" and California had a gold rush.


What were the most important outcomes of the Gold Rush for California?

nothing


What factor pushed the issue of California statehood ahead of the normal time schedule for the development of a territory?

the California gold rush


The Gold Rush of 1849 enabled the California Territory to apply for statehood?

The Gold Rush of 1849 was an important first step in California's path to statehood. It brought large numbers of American citizens and new immigrants to California. California quickly became vital to the United States and the region was granted statehood in 1850. California never was a US territory. It quickly passed from a Mexican territory to an independent military region to a state without a country until it became the 31st state in 1850.


What event in California increased the numberr of settlers crossing Indian territory?

The California gold rush in the early to mid 1800's


What does California mine?

the California gold rush


What the famous gold rush?

California gold rush


How did California skip the stage of being a territory?

The gold rush brought people in looking for gold. There was a 10,000 of wagons backed up at the border.


What was the busiest port in territory and later state of California during the gold rush?

San Francisco


Why was gold rush important?

Because it brought people across the country and to California