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Module 12 lesson 3

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John Sutter American pioneer who built Sutter’s Fort, a trading post on the California frontier; gold was discovered, leading to the California gold rush
San Francisco a convenient trade center and stopping point for travelers
Forty-niners a gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush
Prospect To search for gold
Gam saan haak travelers to Gold Mountain
Place Miners a person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel
Gold fewer A sickness that makes people crazy.
Donner Party A group of western travelers who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–47; only 45 of the party’s 87 members survived
Where was gold discovered in 1848 which began the gold rush? Sutter's Mill
What population grew quickly after the discovery of gold? Forty niners
What population in California fell from about 150,000 to only about 50,000, during the gold rush Native American
Most people in California paid ________ during the gold rush as a result of merchants needing to import so many necessary goods Inflated prices
Explain some long-term effects of the gold rush on California’s Population The new industry and the business
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