Workers building a ____ for John Sutter first discovered gold nuggets in the American River in 1848. Those who went in search of gold were called ____ because many left home and arrived in California in 1849. People flocked to California from other countries including Mexico, Chile, France, Germany, and ____. Many people took overland routes to California, but others travelled on ____ around the tip of South America. Many ____ lived in mining camps that were quite dangerous. New England sailors travelled the dangerous sea route to California to hunt for whales, sea ____, and seals. Many Chinese immigrants settled in ____. Thanks to the Gold Rush, California's ____ exploded. Slave states did not want California to join the United States because it was a ____ state. Miners looking for gold in creeks and rivers used a technique called ____ to separate the heavier gold from the soil. The California Gold Rush inspired other gold rushes in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and ____. Most forty-niners did not get ____ because supplies were expensive and finding gold was hard to do.

California Gold Rush

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