Population of California
Year
Population
1840
8,000
1850
120,000
1860
379,994
What could be attributed to the population growth of California as shown in the table?
Population of California
Year
Population
1840
8,000
1850
120,000
1860
379,994
What could be attributed to the population growth of California as shown in the table?
Abolitionists flocked to California to create a large free state in the West
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Native Americans were forced to move to California by Andrew Jackson