The California Gold Rush was one of most monumental events in the history of the United States. It was responsible for shaping the foundation of the modern class and social system while also creating the first big immigrant trend after the colonial period. The events which followed James W Marshall's discovery of gold in Coloma, California during the year of 1848 were important not only because of the fact that it generated the expatriation of approximately 300,000 people (who were commonly referred to as the 49er's to signify their arrival during 1849) to the state of California but also made San Francisco grow from a small settlement of around 200 people to a boomtown of about 36000 people by 1852 and the immigrants helped forge the modern American culture that is eminent today. .
The massive expansion of population in California also helped designate California as a state by transpiring the creation of the Compromise of 1850. One of the most important aspects of the Gold Rush was the immigration process and the benefits along with problems it brought. None of the development of the contemporary American culture along with the geography of the Western US could have developed to the place it is today without the colossal influx of immigrants from Asia, specifically China. While these immigrants initially planned to make their fortune in the United States and then travel back to their native country to spend their wealth, many of them were stranded in the United States because of the competitiveness of gold mining and therefore settled in California and pursued numerous careers. .
The Chinese were faced with stiff oppression in California because of the competitiveness of the jobs during the antebellum era and also due to the extremely different cultural traits that the two communities possessed. Eventually in 1882, President Chester Arthur prohibited the entry of any more Chinese immigrants and effectively closed the doors for any more Chinese emigrants by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Our interest in the west was sparked by people's beliefs that the west had plentiful natural resources such as animals for fur, gold, and silver. ... It opened the Mississippi River for trade, removed a foreign power (France) from the continent, provided vast amounts of fertile land for farming, supplied resources like oil, gold, and silver, doubled the size of the U.S., and offered land opportunities for the millions of immigrants coming into our country over the next century. ... Benjamin Rush. Rush was the most famous physician in America at the time. ... Rush helped Lewis by show...
The Civil War, the darkest time in our culture. Between the years of 1861 and 1865 six hundred thousand Americans lost their lives. It may seem that they died in vain because even today we are still fighting racism, or was that not why the war was fought? In fact, the war had many reasons for its...
