California Gold Rush Research Paper

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The California Gold Rush was the biggest migration in all of US history. As the gold rush seems like a really good thing for everyone it did have some devastating effects like the gold rush was bad for the environment from all the mining which led to laws being restricted for miners to go into rivers hydraulic ming ended up being outlawed because of the gold rush. On the other hand though there were growth in cities because families came to california so towns started to open up as well as hotels,restaurants,and eventually school and cultural centers. Racial tension between chinese,mexican and African Americans forced california to become a non slave state. Despite the anti slavery laws miners still enslaved native Americans Indian women were