By: Eric Coulton, Riley Holman, and Kayla Pierce.

On to Oregon and California

Lots of trees for construction of houses.Good farmland.Government Was giving away free land.Wanted to find wealth and gold.

Why did People go to Oregon and California

How did people travel to Oregon in the 1840’s?● people traveled to Oregon in

covered wagons pulled by horses and oxen.

● there were no roads to cross the u.s. to the oregon country so they wagons traveled through mountains and forests.

● these wagons made a wagon train that crossed the great plains and the Rocky Mountains.

● the trail they followed became the Oregon Trail.

● it took the wagon train six months to reach oregon.

what happened after gold was found in california? ● Most people did not find gold but the ones who

did became rich.● after the gold rush many people stayed and

built farms and factories.● they started new cities.● they built houses and stores .● by 1850, 90000 people were living in

california.● the us congress voted that it become a state

in 1850.

People, Places, Wordswagon train- the 120 wagons that were traveling to oregon

oregon trail- the trail that the wagon train followed

coast- each year more people settled along the pacific coast as they (the part of the land near the sea)

gold rush- we say that california had a gold rush because thousands of people went there to find gold

pass- an act of moving through something

oregon country- the place where families wanted to go to start new lives because of resources such as trees and good farm land

independence, missouri- a group of 120 wagons met here to travel to the oregon country

james beckwourth- he found an easier way to travel to california through a pass in the mountains

beckwourth pass- the pass that beckwourth found and people used this to get to california

james marshall- was the first person to find gold in california

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