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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.
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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 Californias statehood was when President Polks State of the Union address painted such a rosy picture of what was transpiring
with regard to Californias ongoing mineral wealth that it influenced people from all walks of life to relocate and further enrich the states economic, social and political pool. Unwittingly,
Polk was encouraging the migration of thousands of permanent American settlers to California. The end result was a well-organized settlement in Northern California, and the transformation of a raucous
new American society (Dewitt, 1997). From the first glint of gold, Californias statehood was on the fast track of development. Fraught
with challenges no different than any other emergent community at this turning point in history, California was comprised of a cultural hierarchy that dictated which people would govern and which
would be forcibly controlled. Those who settled in California initially had the single-minded vision of collecting their fortune by following the gold trail wherever it lead, however, California turned
out to be such a plethora of mineral wealth that when the population concentrated in certain areas, it was the beginning of the social infrastructure that would eventually constitute the
states vastly cultural cities. The evolutionary development of Californias two primary regions since the American conquest illustrates how a land once strong with
indigenous solidarity would ultimately come to near division of boundary lines, all due in great part to ethnic intolerance. As the Mexicans settled mostly to the south, the Anglos
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