It is extinct today - there are no grizzly bears in California
Mexican leader Jose Carrillo swept in with soldiers and won.
Taught school, operated hotel El Dorado, worked as a prospector and pack-mule trader
The Pony Express
California's wine production
The coast redwood tree
The Gold Rush
The United States had the right to claim new lands.
The Overland Trail, around Cape Horn, across the Isthmus
James Marshall
Mexico could not support troops so far from home.
William B. Ide
The California quail
California's agriculture
California, Mexico, and Texas
Immigrating to the United States
San Francisco
poorer or just the same as before
As a state that did not allow slavery.
The grizzly bear
The Irish
Men and women from all parts of the U.S. who traveled to the gold fields of California in 1849.
"I have found it"
Wisdom
The California poppy
What does the miner represent?
What happened in California when more U.S. troops were sent during the Mexican-American War?
How was California admitted to the Union?
What does a sheaf of grain represent?
What do the grape vines represent?
What does the goddess Minerva respresent?
What major disadvantage did Mexico face during the war?
What is unusual about the grizzly bear being our state animal?
What is California's state animal?
What does Eureka mean?
Who was the American who led the group that declared independence for the region and hoisted a white flag with a grizzly bear facing a red star.
What were the 3 main routes Americans used to travel to California?
What is California's state flower?
How did most miners and famous men associated with the Gold Rush end up?
The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented the Chinese from doing what?
Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill?
In order to get mail to California in 8 to 10 days, what was created?
What types of work did women do during the Gold Rush?
What is California's state tree
Who were the forty niners?
The people who believed in Manifest Destiny also believed this.
What is California's state bird
Besides the Chinese, this immigrant group helped build the transcontinental railroad.
The battles of the Mexican-American War were fought in what areas?
After the railroad was completed, many Chinese workers settled here.
