California Gold Rush

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Sutters Mill

• San Fransisco

• San Diego

 

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

• Surfers

• Forty Niners

• Raiders

Which map outline is California?

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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

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

• 1836

• 1846

• 1849

• 1863

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

• Los Angeles

• Sacramento

• San Francisco

• Sonoma

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

Who benefited most from the California gold rush?

• Native Americans

• miners

• Mexicans

• businessman, entrepreneurs

• sailors

Where was gold first discovered in California and by whom?

• Sutter's Mill by James Marshall

• Sonoma by John Fremont

• Sacramento by James Polk

• San Francisco River by James Sutter

The introduction of which state sparked the debate leading to the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri

• Kansas

• California

• Oregon

• Texas