California Gold Rush

Where was gold first discovered in California? 

• Comstock Lode
• Sutter's Mill
• San Francisco
• Lowell Mills

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1848

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a. Coasters
b. Carpet Baggers
c. Surfers
d. Raiders
e. Forty Niners

• Raiders
• Carpet Baggers
• Surfers
• Forty Niners

What state was admitted as the 31st member of the United States? 

• California
• Arizona
• Oregon
• Utah

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 were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone? 
a. Empty cities
b. Ghost towns
c. Bust towns
d. Lonelyvilles
e. Boomtowns

• Empty cities
• Ghost towns
• Lonelyvilles
• Boomtowns

Despite the hype, very little gold was mined during the California gold rush. 

• True
• False

Around how many people moved to California in 1849 to mine for gold? 

• 1,000
• 5,000
• 20,000
• 90,000