Population of San Francisco,
1848-1870
Date
Population
April 1848
850
July 1849
5.000
December 1849
25,000
1850
21,000
1852
36,151
1860
56,802
1870
149 473
Use the chart to answer the question. •
Using the information on the chart, what can you infer about the Gold Rush's impact on the city of San Francisco?
(1 point)
• San Francisco's population grew by a greater percentage after 1860 than during the Gold Rush.
• The Gold Rush was a short-lived trend that had little lasting impact on San Francisco.
• Once the forty-niners tried their luck in San Francisco they left the city and moved back home.
• The mass migration of forty-niners transformed San Francisco into an economic hub practically overnight.