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How did the Gold Rush of 1849 affect the issue of enslavement? It made enslavers more interested in mining gold than planting cotton, reducing tensions about the future of enslavement. It led to popular sovereignty in the states of Kansas and Nebraska. It caused conflict as both anti-enslavement and pro-enslavement supporters rushed to one region. It encouraged many settlers to go to California, speeding up its application to be a free state.

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It encouraged many settlers to go to California, speeding up its application to be a free state.

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