Which of the following best describes California’s population when it became a state in 1850?
A. Because the gold rush had attracted settlers from all over the world, California’s population was diverse.
B. California had banned foreign immigrants at the start of the gold rush. So, the state’s population was made up almost entirely of Americans from other parts of the country.
C. California had a large African population because many Southern planters had moved there with their enslaved Africans to start large farms.
D. The Indian Removal Act had led to the relocation of thousands of Eastern Native Americans to California. As a result, the majority of California’s population was Native American.