History
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Year of Statehood
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1850
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First European nation to colonize California
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Spain
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"Royal road" connecting 21 missions
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El Camino Real
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Party which failed to reach California in 1846
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Donner Party
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First railroad which connected California with the rest of the US
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Transcontinental Railroad
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It started in 1848 at Sutter's Mill
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Gold Rush
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What was found in L.A. in the 1920s?
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Oil
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Which natural disaster happened in 1906?
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Earthquake
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First road to connect West and East Coast
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Lincoln Highway
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1955: This resort opens his gates in Anaheim
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Disneyland
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District of SF and origin of the hippie culture
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Haight-Ashbury
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California is suffering from this since 2011
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droughts / wildfires
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Governor from 2003-2011
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Police brutality against him started the 1992 riots
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Rodney King
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National Parks of California
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Channel Islands
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Death Valley
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Joshua Tree
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Kings Canyon
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Lassen Volcanic
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Pinnacles
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Redwood
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Sequoia
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Yosemite
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15 Famous Californians (& Bands)
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Actress, Friends
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Jennifer Aniston
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One of the most successful golfers of all time
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Tiger Woods
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This juicy NFL player was imprisoned for 9 years
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O.J. Simpson
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They came straight outta Compton
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N.W.A
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Wrote about "Okies" who searched better lives in California
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John Steinbeck
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He was Jack in Titanic
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Leonardo diCaprio
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Famous for his yellow journalism, there‘s a castle on the Central Coast
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William R. Hearst
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Italian-American baseball center fielder, known for his hitting streak
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Joe DiMaggio
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Co-founder of Apple, died in 2011
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Steve Jobs
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The Fast and the Furious, died in a car accident
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Paul Walker
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They sang about a hotel in California
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The Eagles
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Film star and sex symbol of the 50s
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Marilyn Monroe
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One of the most iconic Western actors
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Clint Eastwood
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NE Quarterback with six rings
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Tom Brady
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Actor known as The Rock
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Dwayne Johnson
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Some Other Interesting Facts
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Which country‘s culture would you encounter in Solvang?
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the Danish
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Famous road along the coast
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State Route 1
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City where the Rose Bowl takes place
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Pasadena
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Which city marks the end of Route 66?
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Santa Monica
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State motto
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Eureka!
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Longest Interstate in the state
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I-5
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Alphabetically last "town" in the U.S.
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Zzyzx
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Most famous bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Most famous prison
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Alcatraz
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Home of the U.S. film industry
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Hollywood
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