(1) The Cornish culture is a unique culture within Great Britain, much like the Welsh or Scottish, with its own dialect and customs. (2) But because the Cornish also spoke English, they and their descendants quickly melded into American life, and their cultural influence is not easy to pinpoint. (3) The influence that they had on North Carolina’s emerging industries, however, is unmistakable. (4) In the early 1800s, North Carolina acquired the nickname "The Rip Van Winkle State,” because so little progress was made that the state appeared to be asleep like that character from literature. (5) The gold industry that the Cornish helped build influenced other developments in industry, commerce, and infrastructure that helped North Carolina lose this reputation. (6) Today’s leaders in industry, research, and banking have indirectly benefited from the foreign miners and investors of the nation’s first gold rush.
–"The North Carolina Gold Rush,”
Rebecca Lewis
Which sentence provides evidence that the gold rush had a positive effect on North Carolina’s economy?
Which sentence provides a reason why settling in North Carolina was not difficult for Cornish miners?