How did the california gold rush transform the west in the american imagination ?

Before the gold rush, the west was wild, and there were fewer individuals around. The large urban communities in California were shires with a couple of hundred natives. While the large harbors got perhaps 2 - 3 ships, every week before the surge, there were dozens of boats a day once gold was found.

The railways would turn into the best drivers of westbound development since they brought individuals west and permitted the things they created to be sent east.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The California gold rush transformed the west in the American imagination in that the arrival of so many people that dreamt to find god a became rich, made possible the transformation of a region that before the gold rush, it was isolated with very few people and houses in that territory. But During and after the gold rush, the place changed completely because thousands of people settle in and formed new communities. Without a doubt, the massive migration changed the way that the place looked.  

biological/genetic factors means they were born or predisposed to have something. nothing can really change it, and you can't really do much to "fix" it. it isn't something learned

these are the biological factors:

adrian is relatively tall and he is on the basketball team

(adrian can't ever stop being tall or force himself to be tall. likely one or both of his parents are tall as well and they passed on the tall gene. he probably does basketball because he is tall)

the rest are environmental/cultural factors. these are things that are taught to us. for example, cynthia wasn't born saving pocket money, her family most likely taught her this (environmental factor)

hope this !