Question

The rapid westward migration caused by the discovery of gold in California led directly to:______
a) The start of the Civil Warthe
b) Adoption of the Compromise of 1850
c) Increased trade through the Panama
d) Canalcontrol of the United States
e) Senate by the slave states

Answer 1

Answer:

Option: b) Adoption of the Compromise of 1850

Explanation:

The rapid westward migration in California after the discovery of gold led the government in America to introduce the compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 reduced the political dispute between slave and free states (the north and the South) on the territories which acquired in the war between Mexico and America.