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Which of the following was an effect of the California Gold Rush?

• Most miners in California got rich.

• James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill.

• The populations of California grew rapidly.

• The Mexican-American War ended.

Which is the best description of a boomtown?

• a town where gold is discovered

• a town in California

• a town where many gold miners live

• a town where the population grows suddenly

Which two words or phrases have similar meanings/

• prospectors, business owners

• immigrants, miners

• prospectors, forty-niners

• treaty, discovery

When did the California Gold Rush begin?

• 1850

• 1846

• 1848

• 1855

Which was a cause of the others?

• Boomtowns grew.

• California quickly became a state.

• Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill.

• Many immigrants arrived in California.

Which event happened first?

• Sacramento became California's capital city.

• Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill.

• California became a state.

• The Mexican-American War ended.

The word (a)   means "an agreement between two or more groups that is formally signed by their leaders.

The word (a)   means "people who explore an area in search of valuable minerals or metals, like gold."

In which direction did gold seekers from China travel to San Francisco?

• northeast

• northwest

• southeast

• southwest

The longest route that gold seekers traveled from Boston to California took them ________.

• through Panama

• around South America

• across Mexico

• over land only