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What attracted so many Americans to California in the late 1840s?

A the availability of inexpensive farmland

B the discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada

C employment building a transcontinental railroad

D increasing trade with China and Japan

User ChrisAdkin
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The correct answer is B

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