By the end of the year, the non-native population of California was estimated at 100,000, (as compared with 20,000 at the end of 1848 and around 800 in March 1848.
I think it is B. The miners of the California gold rush were called the 49ers because they moved to CA in 1849 to claim their take, or mine for gold.
5. Is C. (Strong central gov. Vs. strong state controlled gov.) and 6 is A.
of the national, state, and local governments rely on taxes to fund government programs.
According to my social studies book.
The reason why journalists called the Alaska purchase of 1867 "Seward's folly" is because it was the idea of Senator William Seward to purchase the territory, and it was thought that this was a waste of money since it was so distant and seemingly uninhabitable.
Explanation:
They questioned why the United States would want a vast tundra of snow and ice distant from the continental borders.
The Treaty with Russia was allocated and confirmed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Authorities of the deal to purchase Alaska called it "Seward's Folly” or “Seward's Icebox." Complaint to the purchase of Alaska receded with the Klondike Gold Strike in 1896.
Explanation: they made the war a lot deadlier and they almost ended the trench warfare stalemate. they also marked the beginning of modern warfare
