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California Gold Rush

Authored by Tara Cochran

Social Studies

7th Grade

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California Gold Rush
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

1492
1619
1776
1848

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

California
Arizona
Oregon
Utah

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Raiders

Carpet Baggers

Surfers

Forty Niners

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

True
False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Rush towns
Cities of gold
Boomtowns
Ghost towns

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ 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!!!!!!

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Did most gold miners strike it rich?

yes
no

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