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☆☆☆☆☆California Gold Rush
Gold was discovered on January 24, 1848, by James Marshall, an employee at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. This and subsequent finds triggered the Gold Rush from 1848 to 1855.
Previously, gold was found in southern California at Placerita Canyon in 1842, near the historic "Oak of the Golden Dream." (California was part of Mexico until February 2, 1848.)
Pikes Peak or Bust
The Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. Colorado
Appalachian Mountains
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A+ Central Pacific---Union Pacific
The Appropriations Act of Congress
It recommended that the U.S. government no longer sign treaties with Native Americans.
The native American. Population. Was falling
"The abolitionist movement was widely popular throughout the entire United States" is a statement that least characterizes the abolitionist movement.
The act provided for the removal of the Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the Mississippi River.
National
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