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California Gold Rush

Authored by Jena Young

Social Studies

4th Grade

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California Gold Rush
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was "gold fever?"

A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold.

A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California.

An illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold.

The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following people was most likely to be a "49er?"

A 50 year old man who was a college professor of geology.

A 30 year old female farmer from Oklahoma.

A 40 year old man who was born and raised in California gold country.

A 20 year old farmer from Missouri.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Place the following events in sequence: A) Gold is discovered in California; B) California becomes a state; C) The Alaska gold rush begins

A,B,C

B,A,C

C,B,A

A,C,B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following California towns most likely began as a gold rush town?

Santa Rosa

Red Dog

Fullerton

Pasadena

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You were most likely to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush if you:

Got to California very quickly after gold had been discovered.

Used devices like the long tom and the cradle

Avoided mining camps

Took the sea route to California instead of the land route.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you wanted to go from New York to California by ship, you would:

Travel through the Panama Canal.

Sail northward to the Arctic Ocean, head west, and then go south past Alaska.

Sail through the great lakes, and then travel west along the Missouri River.

Sail south all the way around the tip of South America, and then go north again.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word best describes mining camps?

Wealthy

Placid (calm)

Rowdy

Large

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