The Gold Rush resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
A) the death of thousands of Native Americans.
B) the statehood of California.
C) the persecution of Chinese immigrants and Mexicans.
D) the development of a transcontinental nation.
E) the institution of slavery in the West.
Ans: E) the institution of slavery in the West.
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Stephen A. Douglas clung to his support for popular sovereignty throughout the 1850s because he was a staunch supporter of slavery.
a. true b. false
What was the doctrine of the "New South"?
What will be an ideal response?