California Gold Rush
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 49er | a person who moved out west in search for gold in the mid 1800s. |
| Oregon Trail | A 2,000-mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western Missouri to Oregon Country. |
| Panning | Method for separating gold from river soil using a metal pan |
| Gold fever | the greed and excitement caused by the gold rush. |
| John Sutter | Swiss immigrant owning land on which gold was discovered in California |
| Reservation | land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans |
| treaty | an official agreement between nations or groups |
| Sitting Bull | American Indian chief, he lead the victory of Little Bighorn |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th President of the USA |
| Indian Removal Act | law passed in 1830 that forced many Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Cherokee | the Native American tribe that was forced on the journey called the Trail of Tears |
| Trail of Tears | an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cherokee |
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