The Gold Rush of 1849
a. was an entirely American affair.
b. brought 80,000 people to California in just one year.
c. was inspired by the gold discoveries of Pablo Gutiérrez.
d. turned out not to be important.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: B
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A) Gold mining had become transformed into large-scale hydraulic mining, requiring large corporate investments and reducing miners to hired labor.
B) The Gold Rush had exhausted the supply of gold to be mined in California by 1853.
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