Gold Rush-California

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill
• San Fransisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1848

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a. Coasters
b. Carpet Baggers
c. Surfers
d. Raiders
e. Forty Niners

• Raiders
• Carpet Baggers
• Surfers
• Forty Niners

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

• Rush towns
• Cities of gold
• Boomtowns
• Ghost towns

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

• Gold sifting
• Dirt panning
• Panning for gold
• Pan searching

What were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone? 
a. Empty cities
b. Ghost towns
c. Bust towns
d. Lonelyvilles
e. Boomtowns

• Empty cities
• Ghost towns
• Lonelyvilles
• Boomtowns

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

Who first found gold while working at the mill?

• John Sutter
• Levi Strauss
• James Marshall
• Mrs. Ross

Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?

• Levi Strauss
• Elon Musk
• John Sutter
• John Bidwell

______ 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!!!!!!