Gold Rush

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

• 1948
• 1849
• 1848
• 1850

Who first found gold while working at the mill?

• John Sutter
• Levi Strauss
• James Marshall
• Mrs. Ross

Which was not an option for journeying to California during the Gold Rush?

• overland routes in wagons
• ships around Cape Horn
• ships with shortcut through the Isthmus of Panama
• the Continental Railroad

Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?

• Levi Strauss
• Elon Musk
• John Sutter
• John Bidwell

The shortage of goods during the Gold Rush caused ________ where prices increased a lot.

• discrimination
• inflation
• compromise
• deflation

What river was the first flake of gold found?

• Sacramento River
• The Nile River
• American River
• Nueva Helvetia

1. What was "gold fever?" 

• A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold 
• B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California 
• C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold 
• D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold

The Californian population increased from 400 to 44,000 from 1848 to 1850, what were these new immigrants called?

• Crazy
• Texians
• 49ers
• Desperate

Besides coming across land, how else did people from the East Coast of the U.S.A. get to California?

• They walked
• They had a paddleboat
• Sailing around Cape Horn
• being stowaways on a pirate ship

Why did many settlers migrate west in the early 1800s?

• The U.S. was expanding
• To hunt for otters
• To make a name for themselves