
Gold Rush Basics
Authored by Michael Schreiber
Social Studies
5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
1948
1849
1848
1850
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
John Sutter
Levi Strauss
James Marshall
Pio Pico
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What was the most destructive type of mining for the land?
gold panning
hydraulic mining
coyote holes
sluice boxes
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Most gold miners struck it rich.
True
False
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?
Surfers
Coasters
Forty Niners
Raiders
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?
Rush towns
Boomtowns
Cities of gold
Ghost towns
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