| A | B |
|---|
| Panning | Sifting through water for gold |
| 1849 | Called "49's" because of this year |
| California Trail | One of the main routes west |
| Sutter's Mill | Sawmill where gold was first discovered |
| James Marshall | Man who first discovered gold |
| Store Owners | People who really made $$$ not gold seekers |
| Boom Town | When a town would spring up very quickly |
| Ghost Town | Towns would disappear over nght |
| Fool's Gold | Pyrite |
| Nuggets | Form of gold found |
| 1852 | Year the gold rush ended |
| Sacramento | CA city near gold rush |
| San Fransisco | Their football team took their name from gold rush |
| John Sutter | Died penniless even though his land was the first discovery |
| Less then $10 | Average $$$ discovered |
| Strike | Finding gold was called this |
| Chinese | This group of people came to find gold |
