Gold Rush

Gold Rush

7th Grade

11 Qs

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Gold Rush

Gold Rush

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

True
False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 

Rush towns
Boomtowns
Cities of gold
Ghost towns

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

1948
1849
1848
1850

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Californian population increased from 400 to 44,000 from 1848 to 1850, what were the new arrivals called?

Crazy

Texians

49ers

Desperate

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Besides traveling across land, how else did people from the East Coast of the U.S.A. get to California?

Flew in airplanes

Took a train

Sailing around Cape Horn

Drove in large trucks

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which city became one of the U.S's largest almost overnight due to the Gold Rush?

Los Angeles

Sacramento

San Francisco

Sonoma

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who benefited most from the California gold rush?

Native Americans

miners

slaves

businessman, entrepreneurs

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