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| Mormons | This group traveled west in what was known as the Great Migration. |
| Whitmans | These people started a mission at Walla Walla in the Oregon Territory. They wrote rich descriptions of the climate and the land to persuade Easterners to travel west. |
| California Gold Rush | This event occurred when gold was found. |
| Emigrants' Guide | Travelers on the Oregon Trail relied on information found here to explain everything to them. |
| Great Migration | The move west made by the Mormons seeking freedom to live freely was called the ______. |
| James Marshall | While building a mill on John Sutter's property, this man found gold. This find began the California Gold Rush. |
| Mountain men | This term applies to adventurers who trapped furs and traded goods. |
| John Sutter | This man owned the property in California that gold was found on. This find began the California Gold Rush. |
| trapped furs and traded goods | Mountain men were adventurers who did this to earn a living. |
| forty-niners | People who made their way to California to find gold were called ________. |
| 1. San Francisco swelled in size. It became a center of banking, manufacturing, shipping, and trade. 2.Anglo-American culture and law quickly replaced that of Mexican California. 3.The California Indian population was destroyed. By 1870 Indian population went from 150,000 to 30,000. 4. California became a state. | State several ways the California Gold Rush changed California. |
| 1.The biggest expense was getting a strong covered wagon and the animals to pull it. Oxen were preferred because they were sturdier than horses. Spare parts, heavy rope, and grease buckets were also needed. 2.For food, each adult was told to bring 200 lbs. of flour, 150 lbs. of bacon, 10lbs. of coffee, 20 lbs. of sugar, and 10 lbs. of salt. They might also bring dried beef, dried beans, dried fruit, vinegar and pickles. 3.They didn't travel alone; they traveled in wagon trains. Survival required working together. One person was elected to be in charge. Rules were set and enforced. 4. At night the wagons formed a large circle. Men took turns on night watch. The travelers might gather around the campfires to talk, sing, or dance. 5. Because Indians began to fear the loss of their land, they grew hostile. Indian attacks became a further danger to pioneers. | Describe life on the Oregon Trail. |
