California Gold Rush

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill
• San Fransisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento

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

______ 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!!!!!!

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

• Forty-Niner

• Provision

• Pioneer

• Argonaut

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.

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.

The "49ers" had what was called ____________.

• silver fever

• gold fever

• hay fever

• scarlet fever

Which one is a benefit of the gold rush?

• Ghost towns all over California.

• Turning California into a thriving state.

• Causing miners to lose a lot of money.

• Causing a lot of fights among miners.

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Some ghost towns today once were ______________________ where many people lived.

• foriegners

• swindlers

• boomtowns

• banishment

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Some prospectors suffered from ________________ from the lack of Vitamin C in their diet.

• scurvy

• the flu

• no teeth

• refienment

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