Oregon Trail; Gold Rush

Simone Wicker and

Sydney Hawkins

OREGON TRAILOREGON TRAIL

• Wagon trains• Large groups helped each other and

elected leaders• Disease

Orgon TrailOrgon Trail

• Donner party• Lucy Deady• Women were important• American Indians

OREGONOREGON

• Treaty of Fort Laramie• Cayuse War-1847

Start of the Start of the Gold RushGold Rush

Sutter’s millSutter’s mill 1848 Marshall1848 Marshall John SutterJohn Sutter Test- Agricultural decreaseTest- Agricultural decrease Word got outWord got out Ghost Town, CaliforniaGhost Town, California Southern CaliforniaSouthern California FortyninersFortyniners

CALICALI FortyninersFortyniners ProfitsProfits 1853 1853 18641864 Future CaliforniaFuture California

California Routes

•Path of Gold

49ers

• Free for taking• The three No's• Mexican mining Law• California grows

WORKS CITED• "Oregon Trail." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 24 Jan 2008, 00:32 UTC.

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 24 Jan 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Trail&oldid=186468234

• "California Gold Rush." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 24 Jan 2008, 11:13 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 24 Jan 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Gold_Rush&oldid=186567702>