1. Statehood for California

3. A point of land that reaches out into the ocean.

4. The area a miner said belonged to him or her.

5. A fast sailing ship.

6. A person who went to California in 1849 to search for gold.

7. A huge movement of people trying to find gold.

8. A narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas.

9. A low, wet area, usually covered by shallow water.

10. A place owned and governed by a country.

12. A person who buys a product or a service.

13. The unfair treatment of people because of such things as their religion, their race, or their birthplace.

14. A person who sets up a new business.

15. A kind of economy in which people can own and run their own businesses. 1. Fred De Luca In 1965 Fred De Luca borrowed just $1,000 to start the now- famous Subway sandwich restaurant. Fred was only 17 years old when he decided to be an entrepreneur, and he started the restaurant as a way to earn money for college. Since opening the first shop in Boston, the chain now has 32,401 locations and makes over $9 billion in sales yearly.

16. All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.

17. The number of people who live in a place.

18. The way people use new ideas to make tools or machines.

19. A person who takes the law into his or her own hands.

21. commission

22. compromise

23. constitution

24. convention

25. delegate

26. free state

27. slave state

28. slavery