Effects of California Gold Rush
The sudden diversity in California gave people both acceptable and unacceptable effects in terms of racism, opportunity, and human right.
I think that the diversity of California, in terms of racism, brought unreasonable effect to people in the state, especially to Latinos and Native-Americans. Before the huge diversity began, people peacefully lived in California. In fact, in his article gStatefs Latinos lost in the rush,h Ken Chavez states that relations between Latinos and Anglo-American were not always bad, and they coexisted in comparatively peace (Chavez, par.32). However, the circumstance had been changed once Gold Rush began. Because California was still a part of Mexican colonies, a lot of Latinos lived there. In other word, California was their land. At the beginning of gold rush California was surrendered from Mexico to America, and any law or rule was not established at the time of the place. Therefore, people As a whole society,......
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