California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush took place
What is between 1848 and 1855?
The First Transcontinental Railroad is
What is a railroad system that stretched from the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast?
The United States spent this amount of money on the Louisiana Purchase
What is $15 million
The Mexican-American War happened because
What is they fought over the territory of Texas?
The Oregon Trail was
What is a route that people took when migrating to the western part of the United States?
James Marshall at Sutter's Mill was known for
What is being the first to discover gold in California?
The creation of the transcontinental railroad system was important because
What is allowed people to no longer travel in long wagon trains that took months to reach California, being able to travel faster, safer and cheaper via locomotive trains.
The amount of land would equal a total of 15 states and doubled the size of the US
What is the size of the territory purchased?
Texas applied for statehood and joined the United States as what number state?
The 28th state.
Stretched around 2,000 miles through six states
What is the route of the Oregon Trail?
A method miners used to separate gold from dirt and gravel
What is panning for gold?
The Central and Southern Route
What is the two main routes the first railroad system was built
The most famous expedition after the Louisiana Purchase was complete
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Between 1846 and 1848
What is the time period the Mexican-American War took place?
Could carry up to 2,500 pounds of cargo
What are covered wagons?
The name of people who traveled to California searching for gold were
What are Forty-Niners?
Chinese, Irish and Mormon workers
What is the people who built the railroads?
Growing rapidly, wanting to plant new crops, and raising livestock
What is the reason the United States wanted more land?
August 1847
What is when United States army was able to capture Mexico City?
Faced deadly diseases such as Cholera, bad weather and rough terrains
What is the dangers of using the Oregon Trail?
San Francisco and Columbia had vast amounts of gold and miners and were known as
What is Boom Towns?
This act created two main railroad lines in the US; the Central Pacific Railroad & the Union Pacific Railroad.
What was the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862?
Thomas Jefferson didn't have the right to make a large purchase of land & purchasing the land will cause a war with Spain
What are the two issues US leaders had about the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago?
The California and Mormon Trail
What are other trails used other than Oregon Trail?