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What was the significance of the forty-niners in the context of the California Gold Rush?


They were the first settlers to establish permanent towns in California.


They were prospectors who migrated to California in search of gold during 1849.


They were government officials sent to regulate gold mining operations.


They were Native American tribes who guided miners to gold deposits.

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They were prospectors who migrated to California in search of gold during 1849.

Explanation: "Forty‑niners" refers to the thousands of miners and fortune‑seekers who arrived in 1849 during the California Gold Rush, dramatically increasing California's population and accelerating its economic development and eventual statehood.