 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1848, ndarama yakawanikwa muSutters Mill, uye mashoko okuwanikwa uku akapararira munyika yose. Ikoku kwaizovamba kupenga kwegoridhe kunharaunda yeCalifornia. Nepo vatengesi vaiita mari yakawanda kupfuura yakaitwa navamwe vanochera migodhi, kwakatungamirira kukuyerera kukuru kwegoridhe muHurumende. Kurukurirano yakavamba muCongress pamusoro pokuti ndarama yokuwedzera inoyerera sei mumigove, uye kana kufanira kurega bimetallism mukuda kwokuwedzera kugoverwa kwegoridhe. 