In 1848, a man named James Marshall found gold in a California river. Gold "fever" spread quickly. Thousands of people moved to
California to find the gold and try to get rich. Which of these best describes the life of miners in a Gold Rush town?
A.
They had to pay high prices for services and supplies.
B.
They begged for money on the town street comers.
C.
They lived easily because services and supplies were cheap.
D.
They robbed banks in towns across California.
The ballot initiative process gives California citizens a way to propose laws and constitutional amendments without the support of the Governor or the Legislature.
Answer: Young people turn their back on their parents, leave home and lose touch. Freedom fighters march to force the dismantling of unfair voting laws.
Because the south in large part were built on slaves. They didn't have factories or anything like the north did. They had cotton and assorted vegetables. In large part many will say that is also what lost them the war.
