California Gold Rush

Who first found gold while working at Sutter's Mill?

• Black Bart

• Levi Strauss

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?

• Raiders

• Surfers

• Carpet Baggers

• Forty Niners

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• San Francisco

• Yosemite

• Sutters Mill

• Comstock Lode

Because of the gold rush the population in California:

• decreased

• increased

• stayed the same

• disappeared

Gold Fever means

• The whole of something

• The excitement associated with the urge to search for gold

• A tiny spot

• Of great value

Who started a business during the gold rush to sell clothes to the miners?

• Levi Struass

• Buckle

• Elon Musk

• Leontine Gracey

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

• Overland routes in wagons

• Ships with shortcut through the Isthmus of Panama

• Ships around Cape Horn

• The Transcontinental Railroad

Which of these was NOT a type of mining for gold?

• gold panning

• juice box

• rocker

• long tom

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill

• 1948

• 1848

• 1850

• 1950

What is the El Camino Real?

• A person who starts a new business.

• A trail that connected the missions in California.

• A town that grows rapidly as a result of new business.

• A place from which gold is taken.