California Gold Rush

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

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders

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 gold

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1848

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

• Gold sifting
• Dirt panning
• Panning for gold
• Pan searching

What is an entrepreneur?

• someone who moved to California looking for gold

• type of steamboat

• someone who takes a risk to start a business

• a boomtown

Levi Strauss is famous for

• creating the first pair of blue jeans

• creating the first grocery store

• finding gold

• creating the telegraph

Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?

• unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

• given fair treatment

• when others help each other out

• treating others like you want to be treated

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

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

• 1,000
• 5,000
• 20,000
• 90,000