Which of the following was most instrumental to California becoming a state? the Louisiana Purchase

the Gold Rush of 1848

the annexation of Texas

the Gadsden Purchase

gold rush

Explanation:

It created a lasting impact by propelling significant industrial and agricultural development and helped shape the course of California's development by spurring its economic growth and facilitating its transition to statehood.

congress also has implied powers, which derive from the necessary and proper clause of the constitution and permit congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states.