The Gold Rush

Which of the following was a result of the California gold rush?

• American settlers rebelled against the Mexican government.
  
• Los Angeles became a center of banking, manufacturing, and trade.
  
• California gained enough settlers to apply for statehood.
  
• Thousands of Chinese died from diseases brought by newcomers.
  

 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

Most gold miners struck it rich.

• True
• False

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

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders

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 gold

Who were the forty-niners?

• ghost

• football team

• toy story

• Gold seeking migrants

Who benefited most from the California gold rush?

• Native Americans

• miners

• Mexicans

• businessman, entrepreneurs

• sailors

Many store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

• True
• False

______ 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!!!!!!