California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

4th Grade

15 Qs

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California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

Assessment

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Social Studies

4th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.4.4, RI.3.3, L.1.5A

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where was gold first discovered in California?

Sutters Mill
San Fransisco
San Diego
Sacramento

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. What was "gold fever?" 

A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold 
B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California 
C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold 
D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ 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!!!!!!

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a person called that is among the first to enter or settle in a region?

Forty-Niner

Provision

Pioneer

Argonaut

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What conclusion can you draw about the California gold rush?

The gold rush forever changed the American West.

The gold rush was more important to South America than to the United States.

The gold rush helped make most people in the United States rich.

The gold rush should have been kept a secret.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did life not get easier once people made it to California?

People worked long hours and got very sick.

People had to face deadly snakes and bugs.

People could not find Sutter's Mill.

People found out that there was no gold.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The "49ers" had what was called ____________.

silver fever

gold fever

hay fever

scarlet fever

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