Westward Expansion

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill
• San Fransisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento

Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?

• Russians
• Chinese
• Germans
• Gauls 

How did Chinese immigrants face hostility in boomtowns?

• They were not paid enough
• Laws restricted Chinese miners from claims
• They did not work hard enough
• Some people thought they were vigilantes

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

Did most gold miners strike it rich?

• yes
• no

Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

• True
• False

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 

• Rush towns
• Cities of gold
• Boomtowns
• Ghost towns

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

• Gold sifting
• Dirt panning
• Panning for gold
• Pan searching

What does "Manifest Destiny" mean?

• belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable and part of God's will

• A belief that helped justified the Donner party feast on man was part of their destiny.

• A belief that Americans are doomed if we expand too far too fast.

• A belief that America will control the entire world.