Which statement BEST describes why the Gold Rush was not a "golden opportunity" for some people? SELECT AN ANSWER The rich could not stand on the same footing as the poor. The land many white Americans took was not actually free for the taking. Women were allowed to vote in the West but nowhere else in the country. It was unfair because not all miners found gold.

The land many white Americans took was not actually free for the taking.

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