What Was the Gold Rush? Chapter 6

The average miner only earned between $5 and $30 a day.

• True

• False

Luck played no part in who got rich and who didn't.

• True

• False

John Sutter turned out to be one of the most unlucky people.

• True

• False

In the end, John Bidwell found gold worth about 2.5 million in today's dollars.

• True

• False

Levi Strauss opened a clothing store in San Francisco to sell sturdy work clothes to the miners.

• True

• False

Levi jeans went out of business and are no longer sold today.

• True

• False

Sam Brannan moved to California and started the "California Star" which was the first newspaper in San Francisco.

• True

• False

Levi Strauss was born in

• Italy

• France

• Germany

• Mexico

The miners called jeans "waist overalls," and they loved the pants because they lasted a long time.

• True

• False