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| forty- niners | The 80,000 people who flocked to California in search fo gold in 1849. pg 375 |
| China | 80% of the forty-niners were Americans but the rest came from Mexico, South America, Europe and a group of 330 men who were the first large group to arrive from ________. pg. 376 |
| boomtowns | As people rushed to a new area to look for gold, they built new communities almost overnight called ________________. pg 376 |
| vigilantes | Mining towns had no police or prisons, so concerned citizens formed vigilance commitees to protect themselves. These men were called __________. pg 377 |
| Deseret | The desert area near the Great Salt lake area where the Mormons settled and set up successful communities. pg. 378 |
| Mormons | Religious group who made the alrgest single migration in American history when 12,000 people moved to Utah. pg 378 |
| Joseph Smith | Founder of the Mormons in New York who was alter killed by a disapproving mob. pg 377-378 |
| Gold Rush | In 1849 when thousands of people migrated to California with hopes of getting rich off finding gold. pg. 375-376 |
| California | Home to the gold rush, _____________ struggled to become a state because it banned slavery. pg. 377 |
