History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1558 short lesson, about 20 seconds
California's Growth
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The idea
San Francisco counted only a few hundred residents in eighteen forty-six and reached thirty-four thousand by eighteen fifty.
In practice
The territory's population swelling from a few thousand to about one hundred thousand.
Where people slip
By eighteen fifty California was ready to enter the Union, and the question of slavery expansion emerged again at once.
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