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The '49ers and the year 1949 during the California Gold Rush

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more than a football team

'49ers

THE ORIGINAL

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The Gold Rush's role

Cause and effect, right?

So who were the ´49ers?

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CALIFORNIA JOINED THE UNION

EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA'S GROWTH

WHO WERE THEY?

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WHO WERE THEY?

They faced incredible obstacles in their travels. Click below to read more.

thousands made the journey to california

In 1849...

EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA'S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH

  • THE NON-NATIVE POPULATION GREW...
  • SAN FRANCISCO GAINED IMPORTANCE...
  • TOWNS BECAME UNRULY...
  • WHOLE TOWNS AND BUSINESSES APPEARED....

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many changes took place

AS PEOPLE ARRIVED

california joined the union

The Gold Rush undoubtedly sped up California’s admission to the Union as the 31st state. In late 1849, California applied to enter the Union with a constitution that barred the Southern system of racial slavery, provoking a crisis in Congress between proponents of slavery and anti-slavery politicians. According to the Compromise of 1850, proposed by Kentucky’s Senator Henry Clay, California was allowed to enter as a free state, while the territories of Utah and New Mexico were left open to decide the question for themselves.

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