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| Who first discovered gold in California? When? | The workers. 1848.
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| Approximately how many Americans came looking for gold? Why were they called the "49ers?" | About 80,000. Many of them came in the year of 1849.
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| What route did those who came by boat take from the eastern United States? | Across the isthmus of Panama.
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| Name the two predominant ways prospectors tried to find gold? | 1. They panned the rivers
2. They mined the earth
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| When did California become a state? Why did it happen so quickly? | 1850. A need for local government authority.
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| What city prospered as a result of the gold rush? | San Francisco
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| What happened to the man who first discovered gold there? | He was run of his claim of land and he also died poor.
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