California Gold Rush

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Across
  1. 5. the mineral miners searched for in California
  2. 6. land in the US that had few people living in it, but technically belonged to the Federal Government
  3. 8. a casual term for the clothing made popular by Levi Strauss and the 49rs
  4. 9. a nickname for the miners of the Gold Rush
  5. 11. the feeling of obsession and desperation to find gold that was popular in the mid-1800s in the US
  6. 13. a territory in the West (it would later become a state), known as the site of the Gold Rush
Down
  1. 1. one method for searching for gold that used a flat bowl that was used to filter out gold
  2. 2. BONUS: the nickname for California, like 'the Sunshine State for Florida'
  3. 3. the period in US history where people obsessively searched for gold in the West Coast
  4. 4. where did most of the US population live in 1848?
  5. 7. a popular path used by Americans to travel to the West
  6. 10. a hyperbolic term used in the presentation for when something increases incredibly fast
  7. 12. the migration caused by the Gold Rush was the _____________ (superlative) at that point in American history