There's Gold in Them Hills
The person who became California's first millionaire
Who was Sam Brannon?
The majority of the workers in the west were this nationalit
The place where people died stupidly
Where was the Alamo?
The belief that the USA was meant to have all that land
What is Manifest Destiny
Something that cleans out cotton fast
What is the cotton Gin?
The person who first found the gold
Who was James W Marshall?
The company who built from Sacramento to the east
What was the Central Pacific railroad?
Man who brought many Americans to live in Texas
Who was Stephen F Austin?
The reason the war started
President Polk sent troops to the disputed area to pick a fight
It moves people across land to where they want to go very quickly
What is a steam train?
The approximate number of people who came to California looking for gold?
What is 300,000
The year the transcontinental railroad was begun
What was 1862
The first battle was fought over this
A cannon
The person who came back from exile to lead the Mexican troops
Who was Santa Ana
What is a power loom?
What is the American River?
The company where most of the workers were Irish
What was the Union Pacific railroad?
The leader of the Mexican Army
Who was Santa Anna?
The states the US acquired because of this war
What is a Spinning Jenny?
The method to get gold out of mountains
What is hydraulic mining?
The reason the Union Pacific did not start building until 3 years after the Central Pacific?
What was the Civil War
The three reasons the Americans were unhappy living in Texas
1. Slavery
2. Religion
3. Representative Government
The river that now marks the border between Texas and Mexico
The machine that helped win the Civil War
What is a telegraph?