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People mainly moved West during the California gold rush in 1849 because?

A. They wanted religious freedom
B. They were interested in fishing
C. They had hopes of getting rich
D. They wanted to trade with Native Americans

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Answer:c

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Answer: C.)

Step-by-step explanation:

Entrepreneurs made their way to California and wanted to find every opportunity to get rich off the gold

-California Gold

>the gold rush was a mass migration of miners and people who made money off the miners to california

>the migrants who left for california in 1849 were called forty-niners

>golden dreams brought people from around the world, but 80% of them came from the US

-Getting there

>by land following the california trail

>sailing around the southern tip of south america or south to panama, crossing central america by mule train, and then sailing north to california

>by 1854, as many as 300,000 people had migrated to california

Sources- Wikipedia -> Quizlet-

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