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Title: The Gold Rush: The Race for the Riches __Objective: (1)__ Explain the Gold Rush occured (2) Determine the effects of the Gold Rush __Answer: The Gold Rush occured when a man from Sutters Creek found gold nuggets in the American River. He then spread the news throughout San Francisco, and it was published in magazines around the US.__ __The effects of the Gold Rush include extermination of Indians, the creation of Railroads across the US, the destruction of land from the mining, and the introduction of farming in the West.__ Link that Proves my objective: []

Link for picture: [] This is a picture of the California Trail. It was the main route to California over land during the Gold Rush. It Passed through nine states, and carried more that 250,000 people to California.