Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... ($971 million in 2005 dollars) in 1850, $75 million in 1851, and $81 ...

In 1850 the California legislature passed an Act ... In the early days of the Gold Rush, from the very beginning, frustrated Anglo American miners banded together to form groups of essentially ...

As a result of the Gold Rush, California became irresistible to the United States. In 1850, California became the 31st state after much debate due to its wealth. A tax targeting Chinese immigrants was ...