The Gold Rush

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 

What were the people who searched for gold called?

• Gold diggers
• 49ers
• Crazy
• 76ers

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True or False: More people struck it rich by finding gold, even small amounts, than with businesses and services for miners

• True
• False

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

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

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

What year did the gold rush begin?

• 1850
• 1848
• 1823
• 1849

Which route was the longest distance?

• By wagon train
• Across the Isthmus of Panama
• By ship around Cape Horn

Who first found gold while working at the mill?

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

______ 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!!!!!!