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With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government. In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.
Similes- a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Example- She was as sly as a fox.
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Example-Laughter is the best medicine.