Andrew Jackson/Gold Rush Quiz

How old was Andrew Jackson when he became President of the United States?

• 24

• 32

• 61

• 55

What was one of Andrew Jackson's nicknames?

• Old Rough and Ready

• Honest Andrew

• Old Hickory

• Action Jackson

What number state was California when it entered the Union?

• 31st

• 10th

• 50th

• 44th

What disease was common in miners with poor diets?

• Chicken Pox

• Scurvy

• Malaria

• Ebola

What war started in April of 1846?

• The Mexican War

• World War I

• American Civil War

• War of 1812

In what state did Andrew Jackson study law?

• North Carolina

• Massachusetts

• Michigan

• Wisconsin

Who ran against Andrew Jackson in the election 1832?

• William Henry Harrison

• John Tyler

• Henry Clay

• Joe Biden

What President talked about gold discoveries in his State of the Union Speech in 1848?

• George Washington

• James Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

In what year did California become a state?

• 1850

• 1922

• 1777

• 1891

Name two other countries that immigrants in mining towns came from that were mentioned in the reading.

• China and Mexico

• Brazil and Finland

• Italy and Norway

• Peru and Vietnam