Question

Which brought thousands of people to California in 1848 and 1849?

A.
the discovery of gold

B.
the end of slavery

C.
the promise of Mexican citizenship

D.
the lure of jobs in textile mills

Answer 1

Yeeehaw, they struck gold!! That was the BIGGEST gold rush, and basically brought a TON of people to the west, and that is where you began to see large amount people settling down in the west for basically the first time.

Answer 2

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html