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On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered in the Sierra mountains about 160 km from San Francisco. Everyone     1     (convince) that they could find their fortunes. Thousands of people from all over the country rushed to the hills. So many people came that there existed a critical     2     (short) of food. Even when supplies arrived, their goods were dumped on the beach because there was no place     3     (store) them. As many sailors left their ships to hunt for gold, their ships were pulled to shore and had them made into stores and hotels.

No one obeyed the law and everything was     4     chaos. People out fighting fires came back to find their house robbed. Many thought the fires were     5     (intent) set.     6     (anger) citizens took the law into their own hands. They hung without trial people who they thought were robbers.

But with powerful measures     7     (adopt), the place finally returned to a     8     (harmony) community. Many fortune-hunters did find their fortunes. Some of those,     9     managed to keep their money, built huge houses on Nob Hill. But the fortunes could be lost just as easily. Many lost their money on betting.

By 1855, the gold rush was over. Today, San Francisco is one of the major cities in the United States. And it is all     10     they found gold in those hills.

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