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The California Gold Rush
In Our Time
The Gold Rush - What Is It?
California was admitted to the United States very quickly in 1850. It usually took up much longer than that. Why was it admitted so quickly? Well, largely because the Californians presented a fat accompli. The thing was, they weren't even a territory yet. Congress had been rather dilatory. But California jumped this. Because they said, here we are, we're organized, we have enough people, we have a Constitution,. We have a structure of sorts, and therefore, we want to be a state. And then Congress had to decide what to do about it. I'm talking about this phrase, Manifest Destiny. Could you talk about that, please?Well, Manifest Destiny,
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