Positive                        Negative

Growth of Cities

As many Gold seekers came with their families, a lot of towns opened up hotels, restuarants and eventually schools and cultural centers.

Environmental Ruinings

Miners used a lot of chemicals in rivers to help themselves find gold. Many fish died. Land was also destroyed.

Transportation                                                                        NO GOLD

The Gold Rush encouraged faster and more efficient water transportation;                 Though a numerous amount of miners set out in search for gold, many did not
the first steamboat arrived in California in 1849.                                                            find any and went home broke with their dreams destroyed.

No Slavery                                                                                Indian Slavery

Racial tension between the Chinese, Mexican, and African-Americans                        Despite the anti-slavery law, miners still enslaved Native Americans. Indian 
forced California to became a non-slave state.                                                              women were raped and children were forced to mine.