Amplify 7F Gold Rush Review

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

• Gold sifting
• Dirt panning
• Panning for gold
• Pan searching

What was James Marshall's job at Sutter's Fort?

• Build a mill
• Mine for gold in the American River
• Build a stronger wall
• Cut down lumber

Where was gold first discovered in California?

• Rio Grande River
• Sutter's Mill
• Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Fort Marshall

Who was the person that decided to tell everyone that gold was discovered in the American River?

• John Sutter
• James Marshall
• Sam Brannan
• All of the above

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

• 1948
• 1849
• 1848
• 1850

Who first found gold while working at the mill?

• John Sutter
• Levi Strauss
• James Marshall
• Mrs. Ross

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.8

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

What were towns called that were abandoned once the gold was gone?

• Empty cities

• Ghost towns

• Lonelyvilles

• Boomtowns

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

How did many forty-niners travel to CA (choose 3)

• Overland Trail

• By Ship Around Cape Horn

• By Ship from Japan

• Across the Isthmus of Panama

• Traveled from Mexico

When did California become a state

• 1848

• 1849

• 1850

• 1851