California Gold Rush

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1848

What state was admitted as the 31st member of the United States? 

• California
• Arizona
• Oregon
• Utah

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

• Raiders

• Carpet Baggers

• Surfers

• Forty Niners

Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

• True
• False

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

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

______ 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!!!!!!

Did most gold miners strike it rich?

• yes
• no

Thousands of Native Americans died from disease or murder

• True

• False

California experienced an economic and population boom.

• True

• False

Chinese immigrants were forced off the goldfields

• True

• False