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Was the Gold Rush a good or bad thing for the United States?

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Okiespigs

Bad, a bunch of people left there home to go to boomtowns and very few of them lived

Stofflet581

Good because it made the United States expand westward, following Manifest Destiny, and made the economy prosper. The miners moved west creating boomtowns, and although many people did not succeed in their quest for gold, it was good for the economy.

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