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The 1849 California gold rush attracted Americans from all walks of life. Of course the first Americans involved were miners. As news of the gold discovery spread, people from US cities, and farmlands became gold miners. Thus California's population instantly grew in size and a good number of the new miners became rich, not all however.
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Where did California gold miners find gold?
In California.
What does the term 49ers refer to?
The 49ers were gold miners that went to California to mine for gold in 1849.
What effect did the discovery of the comstock lode have on the west?
it lured thousands of California miners to Nevada.
Where there Native American gold miners?
There are native American gold miners in Africa
How did newcomers from the eastern US assert their dominance over California during the California's gold rush?
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
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