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California Gold Rush

Authored by Angela Allie

History

11th Grade

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California Gold Rush
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Where was gold first discovered in California?

Sutters Mill

San Fransisco

San Diego

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 20 pts

 

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

Surfers

Forty Niners

Raiders

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which map outline is California?

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which was not an option for journeying to California during the Gold Rush?

overland routes in wagons

ships around the southern tip of South America

the Transcontinental Railroad

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In what year did the California Gold Rush reach full swing?

1836

1846

1849

1863

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which city became one of the U.S's largest almost overnight due to the Gold Rush?

Los Angeles

Sacramento

San Francisco

Sonoma

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What routes did 49ers take to California?

over land on the California Trail

over land on the Oregon Trail

by sea around South America

by sea and over land through Panama

by river on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

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