California Gold Rush review

In what year did the Gold Rush begin?

• 1832

• 1823

• 1850

• 1848

Who traveled to California to start a settlement?

• John Sutter

• Levi Strauss

• James Marshall

• Mrs. Ross

Which was not an option for journeying to California during the Gold Rush?

• overland routes in wagons
• ships around Cape Horn
• ships with shortcut through the Isthmus of Panama
• the Continental Railroad

What was the first thing miners did when they arrived to California?

• stake a claim for their land
• take a shower
• start gold panning
• try to meet friends

Where was gold first discovered in California? 

• Comstock Lode
• Sutter's Mill
• San Francisco
• Lowell Mills

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?

• entrepreneurs

• Carpet Baggers

• gold seekers

• Forty Niners

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

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

What were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone?

• Empty cities

• Ghost towns

• Lonelyvilles

• Boomtowns

Around how many people moved to California in 1849 to mine for gold?

• 100,000

• 25,000

• 50,000

• 80,000

What conclusion can you draw about the California gold rush?

• The gold rush forever changed the American West.

• The gold rush was more important to South America than to the United States.

• The gold rush helped make most people in the United States rich.

• The gold rush should have been kept a secret.