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2. Skills Used in This Presentation Graph Analysis Map Reading What’s in a name? Sing and learn history!

4. What is the percentage of population increase from 1848 to 1852? Why do you think there was this sudden influx of people to California?

5. Determine the distance overland from New York City to San Francisco. This trip took 6 months.

6. Determine the distance from NYC to San Francisco around the tip of S America. This trip took 89 days and 8 hours.

7. Compare the average miles per day for both methods of transportation.

8. Thousands of people entered California. Some names of gold towns are: China Camp, Mormon Diggings, Dutch Flat, Yankee Jims, Spanish Flat,and French Corral.

9. What do these names listed on the previous slide indicate about the origins of these people?

10. Sweet Betsy From Pike Oh, don’t you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike? Who crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike. With two yoke of oxen, a big yaller dog, A tall Shang hai rooster, and one spotted hog. Hoodle dang folde dido, hoodle dang folde day.

11. One evening quite early they camped on the Platte, ‘Twas near by the road on a green shady flat, Where Betsy sorefooted lay down to repose, With wonder Ike gazed on his Pike County rose. Hoodle dang folde dido, hoodle dang folde day.

12. The Shanghai ran off, and their cattle all died. That morning the last piece of bacon was fried. Poor Ike was discouraged and Betsy got mad. The dog drooped his tail and looked wondrously sad. Hoodle dang folde dido, hoodle dang folde day.

13. They soon reached the desert where Betsy gave out, And down in the sand she lay rolling about, While Ike half distracted, looked on with surprise, Saying, “Betsy, get up, you’ll get sand in your eyes.”Hoodle dang folde dido, hoodle dang folde day.

14. Sweet Betsy got up in a great deal of pain, Declared she’d go back to Pike County again; But Ike gave a sigh, and they fondly embraced, And they traveled along with his arm round her waist. Hoodle dang folde dido, hoodle dang folde day.

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