question archive The Gold Rush began in 1848-49 and a quarter of a million people moved West in those two years
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The Gold Rush began in 1848-49 and a quarter of a million people moved West in those two years. Combined with the Overland Trail, this episode of westward expansion strained political tensions between A. The US and England, still fighting over old territories unresolved by the American Revolution B. The South and the North, over new states coming in (each with two Senators) and keeping the balance between slave and free state interests C. The West and the East, with new states seeking resources to grow and the original states unwilling to dole out the funds D. The US and France, still fighting over old territories unresolved by the American Revolution
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