.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState5.______hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas6.CaliforniaenteredtheUnionon‘September9,1850,asthe_____state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstStep2Readagain,besideeachtime,notedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory.15,000yearsago16thcentury1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericans.SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUSdeclarewaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.Step3Besideeachculturalgroup,writetheperiodinwhichtheyfirstcametoCaliforniainlargenumbers.SpanishRussiansAfricansChineseItaliansDanishintheearly16thcenturyearly1800s1800slate1840s/early1850sinthelate19thcentury1911