California Gold Rush

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill
• San Fransisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento

1. What was "gold fever?" 

• A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold 
• B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California 
• C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold 
• D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold

______ 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!!!!!!

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.

The "49ers" had what was called ____________.

• silver fever

• gold fever

• hay fever

• scarlet fever

Which one is a benefit of the gold rush?

• Ghost towns all over California.

• Turning California into a thriving state.

• Causing miners to lose a lot of money.

• Causing a lot of fights among miners.

The miners were very excited and ______________ to arrive to the gold fields.

• scarce

• ore

• decent

• eager

There were few merchants during the Gold Rush who were honest and ______________ men.

• scurvy

• swindler

• decent

• sturdy

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1848

Where was gold first discovered in California? 

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