Chapter 13.4 - The California Gold Rush

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's mill?

• 1848
• 1845
• 1849
• 1850

What year did California become a state?

• 1850
• 1845
• 1860
• 1855

Which of the following cities, as a result of the gold rush, became a center for farming and agriculture?

• Sacramento
• San Jose
• San Franscisco
• all of the above

How did the gold rush affect the population of California?

• White miners forces nonwhites off their claims
• Miners deprived many Californios of their legal rights and their land
• Miners hunted down and killed many Native Americans
• all of the above

During the Gold Rush, thousands of people traveled to California in search of gold.  Among them were many women who encountered a new way of life near the mining camps.  What was one difference between a woman's life in a mining camp and her life back home?

• Women received economic assistance from the government to provide for basic needs
• They could earn a lot of money by running a business that provided necessities to miners
• California encouraged women miners by providing them with claims guaranteed to contain gold
• In order to avoid danger, women had a obey a curfew and remain at home after dark.