The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . onnect the Atlanticand the Pacific oceans. Neither party to the treaty was toobtain exclusive control of the canal, erect fortifications com-manding the same, or exercise dominion in Central project was dropped, however, for the time being. Afterthe Spanish-American War in 1898, it became evident that theUnited States ought to undertake the construction of an inter-oceanic canal. Gold in California. 1884. — The discovery of gold at Coloma,in the foothills of the Sierras, by James W. Marshall, caused throngs of pe
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . onnect the Atlanticand the Pacific oceans. Neither party to the treaty was toobtain exclusive control of the canal, erect fortifications com-manding the same, or exercise dominion in Central project was dropped, however, for the time being. Afterthe Spanish-American War in 1898, it became evident that theUnited States ought to undertake the construction of an inter-oceanic canal. Gold in California. 1884. — The discovery of gold at Coloma,in the foothills of the Sierras, by James W. Marshall, caused throngs of peopleto emigrate to thatregion.^ During thefirst year of thegold discovery mil-lions of dollars ofthe precious metalwere obtained, andyear by year, to thepresent time, therehas been a largeproduction. In oneyear (1852) the goldproduct was valuedat $81,000,000. Therush of gold seekersincreased the population, not only of California, but of otherPacific coast territory as well. In 1848 San Francisco was asettlement of about four hundred people; in 1850 it had thirty. FORTY-NINEES EXAMINING Sand in Search ofGold. queutly learned that the treaty which the Senate ratified was not the form agreedupon by the commissioners. 1 Gold had been obtained in southern California in 1839. Marshalls discoveryat Sutters mill, however, was the event that led to the emigration to was afterward pensioned by the state. He died in 1893. THE EXPANSION OF SLAVERY 283 thousand, and in the whole Pacific region there was a populationof nearly two hundred thousand. The Death of President Taylor. 1849. —On July 29, 1849,President Taylor died suddenly in the Executive Mansion at .^..^^^^ .>fe^..^Washington. He had been Pres-ident only one year and four The Autograph op Fillmobe. months. Vice-President Fillmore^ immediately assumed theoffice of chief executive. The Slavery Question Again. — The doctrine of popular sover-eignty was brought forward in 1850 by Lewis Cass, in a speechin
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