Answer: GOLD
James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848 led to a "gold rush" in the decade that followed, with 1849 seeing a huge influx of people to California. (Thus we refer to the '49ers.) The swift settlement of California added incentive to build a transcontinental railway. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 established the charter for doing that. The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, thus making travel and settlement into California even more accessible.
Hello!
The "Great Awakening" was a Protestant religious rival. In this time period British Americans AND Europe protestant were gone because of this rival. This is for the First Great Awakening. Hope this helps! :)
Answer:
A
Explanation:
Although viking raids were pretty big back then, they do not have much of an impact on European societies today
1) Battle of Midway, 1942 - US carriers ambushed the Japanese carrier force sent to attack Midway, sinking four carriers (the offensive backbone of the naval force sent) and losing only one (three US carriers were involved). It crippled the IJN and forced the Japanese onto the defensive.
2) Battle of Stalingrad, 1942 - 43 - The German Sixth Army was encircled and trapped by the Red Army and eventually surrendered when it was near starvation and almost out of ammunition. It destroyed the central spearhead of Hitler's offensive and pushed the Germans onto the defensive.
3) Second battle of El-Alamein, late 1942 - General Montgomery decisively defeated the Germans (led by the "Desert Fox", Erwin Rommel) at El-Alamein sealing the fate of the Afrika Corps and Italian ambitions for North Africa in retreat.
Answer:
The Civil Rights Movement was started by...
Explanation:
This is really just a statement and it's really hard to give an explanation for this type of question. (:
