No, most weren't successful. The Sacramento Bee newspaper reported that "one in every five miners who came to California in 1849 was dead within six months." Those who lived to tell the tail found the work very hard. Most of those who became wealthy off gold were (1) lucky and (2) found their gold during the early days of the Gold Rush.
Actually, alot of those who got rich off the gold rush were the ones who ran businesses to support the prospectors' needs for clothing, equipment, etc.
The Fourteenth Amendment assured that anyone who was born in the United States, man or woman, white or black, was to be considered a citizen of the country.
However, it also included the word male in the document when it comes to voting, making it clear that woman were not given equal rights. The fifteenth Amendment made sure that no men, again, nothing about women, would be denied the right to vote because of his race.
Susan B. Anthony objected the new law immediately. It was her opinion that the new law just created a new challenge for the female activists.
Lucy Stone, on the other hand, believed that the Amendments were an advance anyways and she was ok with the law, considering that she also believed that it would not take much longer for woman to have the right to vote.
Demand due to the new tax. U are wanting to have more money on land.
