The Golden Discovery
This is the specific type of metal that everyone was looking for in California.
Gold
This is the Spanish word for the massive cattle ranches that replaced the old Spanish missions.
Rancho
This famous 2,000-mile historic trail was used by pioneers traveling in covered wagons to reach the West Coast.
Overland Trail, Oregon Trail, Or California Trail
What invention made it necessary to build roads?
The Model T Ford
This student plays the violin.
Oliver
Gold was first found at this specific lumber mill owned by John Sutter.
Sutter’s Mill
These skilled Mexican cowboys were famous for their incredible horseback riding and roping skills.
Vaqueros
Completed in 1869, this massive railroad connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, replacing the slow wagon trains.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This President led the United States during the Civil War and wrote the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
This student has a thumb that can bend 90 degrees.
Mason
This man was the carpenter who first spotted the shiny gold flakes in the river.
James Marshall
This Swiss immigrant built a famous fort and trading post in Sacramento on a massive Mexican land grant.
John Sutter
This famous environmentalist explored the Sierra Nevada mountains and helped create Yosemite National Park in 1890.
John Muir
This famous highway, nicknamed the "Main Street of America," was used by thousands of families driving west to California during the Dust Bowl.
Route 66
This student has a 19 year old old.
Aidan
This is the year gold was first discovered at Sutter's Mill.
1848
Ranchos traded cattle hides to American ships, which were so valuable they were nicknamed "California" these.
Banknotes or California dollars
What is the name of the American ideology that the United States was destined by God to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
This nickname was given to the 1930s because of a major economic crash and high unemployment.
The Great Depression
This student rides double-back diamonds on a snowboard.
Ainslie
This was the capital city of Mexican California, located right on the Pacific coast.
Monterey
This 1862 law gave pioneers 160 acres of free land if they promised to live on it and farm it for five years.
Homestead Act
This state's "Panhandle" region was at the very center of the Dust Bowl, and its displaced farmers were often nicknamed "Okies."
Oklahoma
This student's favorite movie is 101 Dalmatians.
Zurie