Gold!
These are towns that were established for people rushing to find gold in California.
What is a boom town?
This state became the 28th in our union in 1845 after winning its independence.
What is Texas?
This famous battle involved 188 men attempting to hold off about 2000 Mexican soldiers.
What is the Alamo?
He walked hundreds of miles as a messenger, soldier, and guide to help secure California's independence from Mexico.
Who is Kit Carson?
This president ordered the U.S. army to move into territories in Mexico to provoke conflict.
Who is James K. Polk?
People who rushed to California to find gold were given this nickname.
Who are the 49ers?
This state earned its nickname "The Silver State" when silver was discovered in 1859.
What is Nevada?
This became the rallying cry of the Texas Revolution
What is 'Remember the Alamo!'?
He was the famous frontiersmen killed at the Alamo.
Who was Davy Crockett?
After the Mexican American War, this river was recognized as the southern border of Texas.
What is the Rio Grande?
After the gold ran out and prospectors left, boom towns became these.
What are ghost towns?
This state was home to the country's FIRST gold rush.
What is North Carolina?
What is Spain?
He was the leader of Mexico in 1834.
Who is General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
This was a cause of the Mexican American War.
What is a dispute over borders?
This was the most common method prospectors used to look for gold.
What is panning?
This state and California were the two originally named in the Mexican Cession.
What is New Mexico?
It took several years to add Texas to the United States due to debates over this practice.
What is slavery?
He was the president of the United States during the Mexican American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
This treaty ended the Mexican American War when Mexico agreed to cede California and New Mexico to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This is one way prospectors look for gold when panning for gold isn't panning out.
What is underground or hydraulic mining?
This state was quickly admitted into the union after only two years as a territory due to a major increase in population.
What is California?
This fact about Texas history inspired the name of a famous amusement park chain.
What is Texas' Six Flags?
He discovered gold in California.
Who is William Sutter?
This military leader was known as "The Pathfinder" and helped lead the Bear Flag Rebellion.
Who is Lt. Col. John C. Fremont?