Once gold started becoming scarce, many stayed and turned their attention toward industry, business, and agriculture.
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THE CITIES LIVED ON
-Many miners decided not to go home
-The people that stayed benefited from newly developed cities and vast agricultural opportunity
-Because cities were new, economic standing was based on merit rather than one's past family wealth
-The Gold Rush was a jump start to California's economic prosperity; cities lived on even though the Gold Rush died
-Many miners decided not to go home
-The people that stayed benefited from newly developed cities and vast agricultural opportunity
-Because cities were new, economic standing was based on merit rather than one's past family wealth
-The Gold Rush was a jump start to California's economic prosperity; cities lived on even though the Gold Rush died
California Becomes a State
-The population boom that came with the Gold Rush caused a "pressing need for civil government" -Became part of the US on September 9th,1850 -31st state admitted into the union San Francisco Today
-Large city on west coast- "Gateway to the Pacific" -Financial, and transportation center of western CA -Culturally diverse "Diversity is a core value of The San Francisco Foundation....We celebrate the diversity of the Bay Area as one of its greatest strengths....Embracing diversity is essential to achieving excellence and effectiveness as a community foundation" -San Fransisco Foundation |