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Westward Expansion Review
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Many towns were quickly built in California near rivers and other areas where gold was found. These towns were called...
Boom Towns
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Before cars existed, many pioneers traveled the frontier on these.
Covered wagons
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Give one example of a Boom Town that is still a famous city today.
San Francisco, California.
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This state, highlighted in red, is where many pioneers traveled to find gold.
California
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This famous trail used by pioneers started in Missouri and ended in Oregon
The Oregon Trail
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This state, highlighted in blue, was the last stop on a famous trail for pioneers going west.
Oregon
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After all of the gold was found in an area, many towns in California were abandoned and left to fall apart. These towns were called...
Ghost Towns
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I was the Emperor of France that worked with Thomas Jefferson on the Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon
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List one reason why pioneers wanted to explore the frontier...
1.) Religious freedom. 2.) To build new homes and farms. 3.) To find gold.
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Many 49ers would sit in creeks using metal pans to sift through the dirt to find gold. This was called...
Panning.
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Many pioneers traveled to California to find gold in the year 1849, what is the name we give this event?
The California Gold Rush
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What is the name we give to all of the unexplored land to the west of the Thirteen Colonies after the American Revolution?
The Frontier.
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What do we call the group of people who traveled to California in the year 1849 to find gold?
49ers.
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This is what we call people who explored the American frontier.
The pioneers
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I was one of the Founding Fathers, the third president, and bought land from France in the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
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This was the purchase of over 828,000 square miles of frontier land between France and the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
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