Gold Rush Quiz

Who first found gold at Sutter's Mill?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

• Kobe Bryant

True or False: John Sutter and James Marshall tried to keep the discovery of gold a secret at first.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why is gold so valuable?

• It is so rare.

• It's very common.

• It's extremely pretty.

How did travelers get to California to search for gold?

• By land and sea

• In the air on an aircraft

• By driving cars.

• By train

What were some hardships people faced traveling in covered wagons?

• Wagons would break and animals would get sick.

• They had to deal with bad weather.

• They sometimes ran out of food and got sick.

• All of these

Gold prospectors were often called _____________because many of them arrived in California in 1849 at the start of the Gold Rush.

• gold seekers

• forty-niners

• money hungry

• pilgrims

True or False: Everyone who mined for gold became rich during the Gold Rush.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Towns that grew quickly, almost overnight, were called _____________.

• Quicktowns

• Rapid towns

• boomtowns

• snail towns

When gold became harder to find, towns were abandoned. These towns were called what?

• Boomtowns

• townhouses

• cities

• ghost towns

True or False: Some women made money by washing clothes for prospectors.

• TRUE

• FALSE