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What did many of the Americans who moved to the West in 1849 hope to
find?

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Answer:

Another group to go west were the 'forty-niners' – gold miners seeking wealth after the discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Prior to the discovery of gold, only 5,000 people had used the trail to head west. From 1849 onwards, tens of thousands used the trail in the hope of finding gold.