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If you lived in the eastern United States in 1849 and heard about the gold in California, what do you think?

If you lived in the eastern United States in 1849 and heard about the gold in California, what do you think you would do? Why?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    I'd stay put as I am not the adventurous type. But who knows if I was living back then i may be different.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    because of the fact that i'm lady and distinctly plenty a house guy or woman, i might get disappointed in any respect the greater youthful adult adult males leaving. till i replaced into married, i does no longer bypass. Panning gold in that era replaced into many times a guy's occupation. in spite of the undeniable fact that, some women people who went ended up richer than the adult adult males by using installation boarding homes, eating places, and brothels and taking their complicated-earned gold.

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