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This person owned the sawmill where gold was first found.

It was John Sutter.

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These people were given this nickname during the California Gold Rush.

They were the 49ers

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This was the year the California Gold Rush began.

The California Gold Rush began in 1948.

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This is the state where the Gold Rush took place.

The Gold Rush took place in California.

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The animal represented on the California flag.

It's a brown bear!

200

The capital city of California

The capital city of California is Sacramento.

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This was the danger one in five miner faced during the Gold Rush.

One in five miner died during the Gold Rush.
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There were two common ways to reach California.

Either through the California trail (horse or on foot) or by boat.

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Most people slept in these on the way to the Gold Rush.

People slept in tents.

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This was the number order in which California officially became part of the United States.

California became the 31st state of the US.

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This person was the first to find gold.

James Marshall found gold first.
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This was one of the tools that miners used to find gold.

They used a pickaxe, a shovel, a pan, a knife...

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This is the number of people who lived in San Francisco in 1950

In 1850, 20,000 people lived in San Francisco.

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This is the river where gold was first discovered.

Gold was first found in the American River.

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This is the number of people who lived in San Francisco in 1848

In 1848, a thousand people lived in San Francisco.

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This is the name of the famous bridge in San Francisco.

The famous bridge in San Francisco in the Golden Gate.

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This name was given to a town when its population grew very quickly.

It is called a boomtown.

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This type of mining is no longer used due to damage to the environment.

What is hydraulic mining?

500

Known as a place to cut wood, this was the location of the beginning of the Gold Rush.

It was at John Sutter's sawmill.

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This is the time it took to reach California.

It took nine months to reach California.

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They were the real winners of the California Gold Rush.

It was the merchants who sold equipment to the miners.

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This is the form in which gold was found by the miners.

Miners found gold nuggets.
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This is what people needed to survive during the cold nights.

They needed blankets and food supplies.

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This is other countries and parts of the world people came from to participate in the Gold Rush.

Mexico, China, South America, Europe...


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This is the translation for "bateau à vapeur".

A steamship.