The population of San Francisco, California, skyrocketed around 1850 for which of the following reasons?
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The population of San Francisco, California, skyrocketed around 1850 due to the Discovery of Gold in Sierra Nevada. San Francisco population skyrocketed from close to 1,000 people in 1848 to 35,000 people in the year 1850. The news of discovered gold spread like fire in all parts of the US and overland migration started heavily.
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You need to know that in American-Spanish War, US won and purchase of Alaskan Territory from Russia discovery of Gold in the Sierra Nevada US.
Peoples migrated to California and numbers increase from 400 to 44000 in 1859 in just one year.
San Francisco population was also increased from 1000 to 35000 in 1850.
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