Manifest destiny and gold rush

What was the nickname of the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich?

• Forty-niners
• Donner Party
• Mormons
• Placer Miners

______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich  

• California Gold Rush
• Forty-niners
• Population Boom
• Economic BOOM!!!!!!

_______ was a result of many new businesses and industries helping form California’s economy

• Industrial Revolution
• Population Boom
• Economic Boom
• None of the above

Which of the following made a living for making tough denim jeans for the miners in California?

• Levi Strauss
• James Marhsall
• Jon Sutter
• Forty-niners

Which of the followings hired carpenter found gold on his land and word got out about the gold that started the California Gold Rush

• Jon Sutter
• Levi Strauss
• Jon Sutter
• James Marshall

Why did people leave their fields half plowed, houses half-built, and everything neglected?

• Needed a break
• Wanted Gold 
• Paid time off 
• Moved to cities 

Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?

• Russians
• Chinese
• Germans
• Gauls 

California petitioned for statehood in 1850, why did northerners and southerners argue about it?

• Voting rights
• Slavery
• Democrats v Liberals
• Competing textile companies 

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.
• They were given their choice of where to live.
• They were forced to live in reservations.
• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

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