Although of only minor economic importance when compared with the southern and northwestern migrations, the California Gold Rush was one of the most widely discussed and emotionally charged of all the migrations in response to economic opportunity. The great California Gold Rush had effects far beyond the bossless mass employment and wealth creation it generated. What were the longer term effects of the gold rush? Red RiverBasinC an a d a1818OregonCountry1846OldLouisian aNorthwest1783MexicanPurchaseCessionArea1803of the1848Southwest1783OriginalStates1776ТехasAnnexationGadsdenPurchase18531845SpanishFlorida1810-1819Land Areas andExpansion to 1860|Мexico400 milesModern state boundaries shownO D. BurnsFasttrack Teaching Materials6215 Lavell CourtOF AMERICA'S PAST Springfield., VA 22152OVERHEAD MAPSwww.fasttrackteaching.comPIO

The Gold Rush began from a seemingly ordinary event. In January 1848, a carpentar, James Marshall…

Although of only minor economic importance when compared with the southern and northwestern migrations, the California Gold Rush was one of the most widely discussed and emotionally charged of all the migrations in response to economic opportunity. The great California Gold Rush had effects far beyond the bossless mass employment and wealth creation it generated. What were the longer term effects of the gold rush?

Although of only minor economic importance when compared with the southern and northwestern migrations, the California Gold Rush was one of the most widely discussed and emotionally charged of all the migrations in response to economic opportunity. The great California Gold Rush had effects far beyond the bossless mass employment and wealth creation it generated. What were the longer term effects of the gold rush?