What migration factor brought large numbers of people to the states of California in the mid-1800s?

A. Expansion of railroads across the continent
B. Discovery of oil
C. Tremendous fishing resources
D. The Gold Rush


D. The Gold Rush

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a - a slump b - soil creep c - mass wasting d - hydrolysis e - exfoliation hydrolysis

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A) the induced fit model B) the lock and key model C) both a and b D) neither a nor b

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A) Pyroclastic volcanism that ignites methane-rich atmospheres B) Cessation of volcanism because of increasing atmospheric pressures C) Increase in rate of tectonic motion due to lubrication of ice D) Eruption of magmas derived from partial melting of ice

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