California Gold Rush
Jobs
Landmarks
Important People
New Territories
100

Where was the California Gold Rush

Where is San Francisco

100

People who mine for gold

What is a miner
100

What is the large canyon in Arizona called

What is the Grand Canyon

100

Who was the most famous outlaw at this time

Who was Billy The Kid

100

House built of soil and put together by grass roots

What was sod house
200

Who was the first to discover the gold in California

Who was James Marshall

200

Who worked and built railroads

What is railroad workers
200

What was the 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon

What is the Oregon Trail

200

Leader of James-Younger gang, group of bank and train robbers

Who is Jesse James
200

What was the belief that the U.S was destined to expand across North America

What was Manifest Destiny

300

When was gold discovered in California

When was 1848

300

Who owned most of the land and animals in the west

What is farmers

300

What is the western mountains

What is the Rocky Mountains

300

Who was the Lakota chief known for his opposition to U.S expansion

Who is Sitting Bull

300

What granted citizens up to 160 acres of public land in exchange for a small filing fee

What was the Homestead Act

400

What challenges did the gold rush face

What is higher chance of disease

400

People who did metal work during the Westward Expansion

What is Blacksmith

400

Major town during the Black Hills gold rush

Where is Deadwood

400

Who was the President during the Westward Expansion

Who is James K. Polk
400

Why did the people move west

What is economic opportunities

500

How many people migrated to California

What was 35,000

500

What was the hardest job during the Westward Expansion

What is ranchers and cowboys

500

What is a halfway point in the Oregon Trail

 What was Independence Rock

500

Lawman known for the OK Coral shootout

Who is Wyatt Earp

500

Small town that grew at the end of a cattle trail where cows were shipped and sold

What was cow town

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