“During three months in the summer of 1848, a partnership of five miners collected $75,000 in gold” (Gillon 64). During the mid 1800s, people in America moved west for a fresh start in life or for cheaper land, this was called manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, the gold rush had more of a positive effect on America because it created a flouring economy and had more people travel west for a new life or jobs. To start, once gold was discovered, miners and businessmen raced to California to get their hands on any gold they could. When westerners got their gold on the market, “each spoonful was worth $8 in gold,” and was a product everyone