Chapter 13: People Moving South and West

Trail from Independence, Missouri to the central valley of California used by gold seekers in 1849.

• Gold Rush

• California trail

• Forty-Niners

City in northern California

• Gold Rush

• Salt Lake City

• San Francisco

Immigrant to San Francisco who manufactured the

first denim pants during the California Gold Rush

• James Marshall

• Levi Strauss

• Joh Sutter

Sudden movement of many people to an area where gold was found.

• Gold Rush

• Forty Niners

• California trail

Nickname for a person who arrived in California in 1849 to look for gold.

• Osceola

• Annex

• Forty-Niners

Capital and largest city in Utah

• Salt Lake City

• Oregon trail

• San Fransisco

Route west used by the pioneers that extended from Independence Missouri to Oregon

• Texas Revolution

• Wagon trail

• Oregon trail

Founder of the Mormons in 1830

• Brigham Young

• Joseph Smith

• Stephen F. Austin

Mormon Leader who founded Salt Lake City, Utah and was first governor of the Utah territory

• Mountain Men

• Brigham Young

• Joseph Smith

Fur trappers who helped explore and settle the Oregon country

• wagon men

• The Alamo

• Mountain Men