Pioneer Women
What were the columns of wagons called?
Wagon trains
What were the pioneers headed West in search of?
A new home
What made James Marshalls heart thump?
Gold
What was California called by the Chinese in 1848?
Gam Saan or Gold Mountain
Who were the mormons?
Members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints founded by Joseph Smith in 1830.
What was the worst killer on the trails?
Disease
What is polygamy?
Practice of having more than one wife
What were people headed to the mines on?
1. horses
2. carts
3. crutches
What is an immigrant?
What did the Chinese bring with them wherever they settle? (4 items)
1. arts
2. tastes
3. scents
4. sounds of one of the worlds oldest & richest cultures
Who faced unique danger?
African Americans who escaped from slave states or brought West by their owners?
Who took over after Joseph Smith was murdered?
Brigham Young
Why were the camps a rough place?
no police to keep order
What was required of the foreign miners?
To pay a monthly fee for a license to mine
Wherever pioneer women settled what did they establish? (5 items)
1. schools
2. churches
3. libraries
4. literary societies
5. charitable groups
Where were women able to vote 20 years before women across the nation?
What were the new ways the Mormons learned to farm? (list the 3)
1. built dams
2. canals
3. irrigation ditches
What did California have in 1850?
Enough people to become the 1st state in the far West.
What did the Chinese immigrants open? (3 items)
1. restaurants
2. laundries
3. stores
Where did the motive of fortune bring settlers from? (5 places)
*49ers*
1. Mexico
2. South America
3. Europe
4. Australia
5. China
While traveling 15-20 miles per day, what else were the women expected to do? (3 things)
1. cook
2. wash clothes
3. care for children
Where did the Mormons settle? (4 states)
1. New York
2. Ohio
3. Missouri
4. Illinois
What did the new Californios help transform the Golden State into?
Diverse land of economic opportunity
How did many Chinese return to China?
Rich Men
How do you spell the name of your school?
Millennium Middle School