009 - Expression: From Rags to Riches / The California Gold Rush
American English Podcast
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The Golden State of California
90,000 people arrived in San Francisco during the gold rush. Three-fourths of them were from other U.S. states. Many Mexicans left because they couldn't afford a foreign miner's tax. Joaquin Murietta became an outlaw after he was falsely accused and hanged by miners.
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