APRIL 27-30 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH QUIZ 4

WHAT STATE IS MR. LUQUE FROM?

• GEORGIA

• TEXAS

• CALIFORNIA

• NEW YORK

PG. 34: IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE GOLD RUSH, HOW MUCH GOLD DID THEY FIND?

• 1 BILLION

• 200 MILLION

• 750,000

• 90 MILLION

PG. 34: WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE FOUND ENOUGH GOLD TO MAKE A PROFIT?

• 99% - BASICALLY EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR LARRY

• 12%

• 50%

• 84%

PG. 35: IN 1848, BROTHERS JOHN AND DANIEL MURPHY FOUND HOW MUCH GOLD?

• 1.5 MILLION

• 350,000

• 28,000

• 6 BILLION

PG. 36: MANY PEOPLE ARRIVED LATE (AFTER MOST OF THE GOLD WAS ALREADY DISCOVERED) AND WHAT DID THEY GET?

• THEY LOST THEIR LIFE SAVINGS

• THEY LOST THEIR HOMES AND FARMS

• SOMETIMES THEY LOST THEIR FAMILIES

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

PG. 37: THE GOLD WAS FIRST FOUND IN JOHN SUTTER'S MILL. WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN SUTTER?

• HIS WORKERS LEFT THE MILL. HIS COWS / CATTLE WERE STOLEN. HE WENT BANKRUPT IN 1852 - 4 YEARS AFTER FINDING GOLD.

• HE FOUND A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD BUT ENOUGH TO STAY IN BUSINESS

• HE BECAME ONE OF THE RICHEST GUYS AS HE FOUND IT FIRST.

• HE FOUND ONE OF THE LARGEST AMOUNTS OF GOLD BUT PEOPLE STOLE IT FROM HIM IN 1851.

PG. 38: WHEN DID THE GOLD RUSH END?

• 1849

• 1865

• 1948

• 1855

PG. 39: WHAT IS A "GHOST TOWN?"

• IT'S A TOWN THAT HAS A LOT OF VIOLENCE FROM THE GUNFIGHTS IN THE BARS AND SALOONS

• AT NIGHT, PEOPLE CAN HEAR FOOTSTEPS UPSTAIRS IN THEIR HOUSES AND BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF GHOSTS.

• IT'S A TOWN OF DEAD PEOPLE

• IT'S WHERE PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER FIND GOLD AND EVERYBODY LEFT AND THE STORES SHUT DOWN. THE ONCE BUSY TOWN WAS NOW EMPTY.

PG. 40: CALIFORNIA CONTINUED TO GROW RAPIDLY AFTER THE GOLD RUSH IN 1848-1855. A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IS HAVING TRAIN TRACKS ACROSS OUR CONTINENT FROM THE EAST COAST LIKE NEW YORK AND BOSTON TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. WHEN DID THEY COMPLETE IT?

• 1869

• 1848

• 1855

• 1865

PG. 40: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR CALIFORNIA TO GROW FROM 7,500 PEOPLE IN 1846 TO 380,000?

• 1847

• 1860

• 1850

• 1901