Who were the forty-niners and why did they come to California?

the forty-niners were men who dug up gold in San Francisco there name is the forty-niners because only 49 men were mining gold.

Explanation:

congress failed to remove johnson. but it did succeed in getting control of efforts to re-build the south following america's civil war. radical republicans wanted to punish the south for starting the war. they also wanted to be sure new governments in the southern states would support the republican party.

it further strained relations between the north and the south and convinced