Discovery Of Gold: Accelerated California's Drive For Statehoood

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3 pages in length. Amid ethnic intolerance, intense competition, logistical nightmares, exponential population growth and complete absence of law and order, California was ultimately transformed from a raucous collection of cultures hell-bent upon grabbing a quick fortune at the first hint of gold to a solid and progressive cultural Mecca whose statehood marked it as a highly desirable place to settle. One of the watershed moments that all but sealed the future of California's statehood was when President Polk's State of the Union address painted such a rosy picture of what was transpiring with regard to California's ongoing mineral wealth that it influenced people from all walks of life to relocate and further enrich the state's economic, social and political pool. Bibliography lists 1 source.