Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
The act of searching for gold, which led tens of thousands of white miners to illegally trespass onto Native American lands and violate treaties.
Gold prospecting appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Conflict on the Plains.
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