Social Studies Gold Rush/Oregon Trail

What year did the gold rush begin?

• 1850
• 1848
• 1823
• 1849

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

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill
• San Fransisco
• San Diego
• Sacramento

Who were the 49ers?

• Gold miners
• Locals of California during the gold rush.
• Football tram
• The boom-town

Which route was the longest distance?

• By wagon train
• Across the Isthmus of Panama
• By ship around Cape Horn

Did most gold miners strike it rich?

• yes
• no

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

• 1948
• 1849
• 1848
• 1850

Who first found gold while working at the mill?

• John Sutter
• Levi Strauss
• James Marshall
• Mrs. Ross

Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?

• Levi Strauss
• Elon Musk
• John Sutter
• John Bidwell

______ 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!!!!!!