APRIL 27-30 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH QUIZ 2

PG. 11: WHO CONSISTENTLY GOT THE RICHEST DURING THE GOLD RUSH?

• CALIFORNIA LOCALS - WHO HELPED PEOPLE FIND THE BEST LOCATIONS

• MERCHANTS - WHO SOLD THE GOLD RUSH SUPPLIES LIKE SHOVELS

• NATIVE AMERICANS - WHO COULD PROTECT THE GOLD RUSH PEOPLE FROM COWBOYS

• MEXICANS - WHO HAD OWNED CALIFORNIA UNTIL THE TIME OF THE GOLD RUSH AND KNEW THE AREA THE BEST

PG. 12: WHAT WAS "GOLD FEVER?"

• A SICKNESS PEOPLE GOT FROM TOUCHING THE GOLD FOR TOO LONG

• EVERYONE GIVING UP THEIR JOBS AND LIVES AND RACING TO CALIFORNIA TO LOOK FOR GOLD

• A COUGH THAT WOULDN'T GO AWAY FROM THE GOLD POWDER GOING INTO THEIR LUNGS

• THERE WAS NO "GOLD FEVER" - IT'S A MYTH

PG. 14: WHO DISCOVERED THE MOST GOLD? (PROSPECTORS ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR GOLD AND OTHER VALUABLE MINERALS)

• THE FIRST / EARLY PROSPECTORS

• THE LAST PROSPECTORS

• THE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO KNEW IT WAS THERE THE ENTIRE TIME

• THE MEXICANS WHO GRABBED IT BEFORE THE AMERICANS DISCOVERED IT

PG. 15: WHAT IS "STAKING CLAIMS?"

• IT IS A RESTAURANT WHERE THEY MOSTLY SOLD STEAKS TO HUNGRY PROSPECTORS

• THEY ARE WOODEN POSTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD SELL IN STORES

• IT IS WORKING AN AREA FOR GOLD AND PUTTING A WOODEN POST IN THE GROUND TO TELL OTHERS THAT THIS AREA IS YOURS TO WORK

• IT IS WHEN PROSPECTORS GAVE UP THEIR LAND BY THE RIVER / THEIR CLAIM AND IT WAS CALLED "STAKING CLAIMS"

PG. 16: WHERE DID PEOPLE COME TO CALIFORNIA FROM TO LOOK FOR GOLD?

• ONLY WITHIN OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA

• FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

• FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD

• ONLY FROM ABOUT A 1000 MILES AWAY AS LONGER THAN THAT WAS NOT WORTH THE RISK

PG. 19: GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN LATE JANUARY 1848. IN DECEMBER 1848, PRESIDENT JAMES POLK SPOKE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA DISCOVERED GOLD. DID HE WANT AMERICANS TO RACE TO CALIFORNIA OR TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE?

• HE WANTED PEOPLE TO RACE TO CALIFORNIA SO THEY WOULD FILL CALIFORNIA FULL OF AMERICANS AS AMERICA HAD JUST GOTTEN CALIFORNIA FROM MEXICO IN A WAR.

• HE WANTED PEOPLE TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE AS HE KNEW MANY WOULD DIE GOING ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA. MANY DID DIE.

• HE WANTED PEOPLE TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE BECAUSE HE KNEW MOST WOULDN'T FIND REAL GOLD AND WOULD GO BROKE TRYING. MANY DID GO BROKE.

• HE DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE EITHER WAY AS IT WAS THEIR CHOICE.

PG. 20: WHY WERE THE PROSPECTORS CALLED "49ERS" WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN 1848? (THIS IS ALSO WHY THE FOOTBALL TEAM FROM SAN FRANCISCO IS CALLED THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS)

• MOST ARRIVED IN 1949

• MORE PEOPLE DISCOVERED GOLD IN 1849 THAN ANY OTHER YEAR

• MOST ARRIVED IN 1849

• BECAUSE THE NAME "48ERS" WAS ALREADY TAKEN

PG. 21: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO SAIL FROM THE EAST COAST (LIKE FROM GEORGIA) TO CALIFORNIA BY GOING TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA?

• 2-4 YEARS

• 1-3 MONTHS

• 5-8 YEARS

• 5-8 MONTHS

PG. 23: HOW DID - MOST - AMERICANS FROM THE EAST COAST TRAVEL ACROSS LAND?

• EARLY CARS

• TRAINS

• COVERED WAGONS

• RIDING COWS

PG. 24: WHAT DOES "WADED" MEAN?

• THE CAPTAIN OF EACH GOLD PROSPECTING AREA WAS GIVEN THE NAME "WADE" AND THE WADES WOULD MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE BEING HONEST

• WALKING INTO ICY WATER UP TO YOUR WAIST AND MANY GOT SICK OR INJURED

• IT'S WHEN THEY QUIT LOOKING FOR GOLD AND LEFT THE AREA

• IT'S WHEN THEY BOUGHT ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR GOLD