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saliriagwu

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The term Gold Mountain refers to
 
  a. one of the sites travelers often painted on the Santa Fe Trail.
  b. the name given by Americans to the largest gold claim ever made in California.
  c. the Chinese term for California.
  d. California Indians' ironic term for the small piles of gold that miners brought to stores to pay for goods.

Question 2

Americans from the east coast used all of these routes to reach California during the Gold Rush except
 
  a. sea route from the Atlantic Coast, southward around South America, and then north along the Pacific coast to San Francisco.
  b. sea route from New York to Panama, crossing the isthmus by small boat, over the mountains by mule, and then by ship north along the Pacific coast.
  c. overland along one of the established trails across the Great Plains, deserts, and usually, across the Sierra Nevadas.
  d. overland by train, on the newly completed transcontinental railroad, from Missouri to Sacramento.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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