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Quiz

Gold Rush

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What was "gold fever?"

A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold.

A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California.

A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold.

The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold.

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Which of the following people was most likely to be a "49er?"

A 50-year-old man who was a college professor of geology.

A 30-year-old female farmer from Oklahoma.

A 40-year-old man who was born and raised in California gold country.

A 20-year-old farmer from Missouri.

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Place the following events in sequence: A) Gold is discovered in California; B)

California becomes a state; C) The Alaska gold rush begins

A, B, C

B, A, C

C, B, A

A, C, B

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If you wanted to pan for gold, where would you go?

Mountains

Desert

Ocean

River

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What can you infer about California from the information presented in the

movie?

Before 1849, its capital city was San Francisco

Before 1849, relatively few people lived there

Before 1849, it was impossible to reach by land or sea

Before 1849, it had a reputation for being lawless and violent

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Which of the following California towns most likely began as a gold rush

town?

Santa Rosa

Red Dog

Fullerton

Pasadena

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You were most likely to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush if you:

Got to California very quickly after gold had been discovered

Used devices like the long tom and the cradle

Avoided mining camps

Took the sea route to California instead of the land route

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If you wanted to go from New York to California by ship, you would:

Travel through the Panama Canal

Sail northward to the Arctic Ocean, head west, and then go south past Alaska i

ail through the Great Lakes, and then travel west along the Missouri River

Sail south all the way around the tip of South America, and then go north
again

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Which word best describes mining camps?

Wealthy

Placid

Rowdy

Large

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Why did the gold rush end?

California passed a law against gold prospecting

Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekers.

All the easy-to-find gold was quickly taken.

The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight.

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