California Studies Weekly #22 - Staking a Claim The Gold Rush

How long did it take travelers to get to California if they traveled by way of the Isthmus of Panama?

• 8 months to Panama and then up to 4 months more

• 12 months to Panama and then up to 2 months more

• 2 months and sometimes months more

• none of the above

• all of the above 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

Which was the safest way to travel to California from the East?

• Sail all the way around Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of the South American country of Chile.

• Sail from New York to Central America and crossing the Isthmus of Panama

• Following the Overland Trail

• scooters and penny boards 😂🤣😁😎

• all of the above 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

What were the three main routes Americans used to travel to California?

• The Overland Trail across the United States around Cape Horn; across Isthmus of Panama

• The Overland Trail across the United States; the southern tip of North America; the Oregon Trail

• The Overland Trail across the United States; around Cape Horn; across the Isthmus of South America

• The Grunsky Trail across the United States; the Leopard Trail; Mexico

• The Google slide Bday Trail across the United States; the Clase de Fuertis Trail; Mexico 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

What happened to the 34 people from the Bidwell Party who decided to head to California after half of the group headed to Oregon?

• They did not make it and returned home.

• They were stranded in the Sierra Nevada.

• They arrived at Marsh Ranch

• They cut through the Wasatch Mountains and arrived safely.

• The Google slide Bday Trail across the United States; the Clase de Fuertis Trail; Mexico 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

How were laws regarding mining made during 1849?

• The government had specific laws.

• Each miner wrote different laws.

• Each mining community made its own laws.

• Each city made its own laws.

• Each miner complained that the snack prizes were to small 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

In the article “Seeing the Elephant,” we learn that some claimed that they had seen the “elephant’s tracks” or the “elephant’s tail” and did not care to see any more. What did they mean by that?

• They had not liked California.

• They were last on the parade.

• They had turned back before reaching the gold fields.

• They were pulling the wagons last.

• Each miner complained that the elephant was too big to hide 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

Use the map and the picture to help answer the question.

Which route is the picture of the wagon and the people around it depicting?

• Across the Isthmus of Panama

• They were b: Rounding Cape Horn

• The Overland Trail

• All of the Above or was it below? 😁😂🤣

• Each miner complained that the map did not lead to better snacks 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🧐🤗

Use the map and the picture to help answer the question.

Which of the roads shown here was the longest route?

• From New York through the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco

• From New York around Cape Horn to San Francisco

• They were both the same.

• The longest route is not shown on the map.😁😂🤣

• Each miner complained that the map did not lead to better snacks 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🧐🤗

Put the following events in chronological order.

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The options below appear in the correct order:

• 1-The Donner Party looked for a shortcut in July of 1846

  2 -The Donner Party became stranded in Sierra Nevada

  3-The group was rescued in February of 1847

  4-The trail they were stranded on became known as Donner Pass

• 1-The trail they were stranded on became known as Donner Pass

  2 -The Donner Party became stranded in Sierra Nevada

  3-The Donner Party looked for a shortcut in July of 1846

  4-The group was rescued in February of 1847

• 1-The trail they were stranded on became known as Donner Pass

  2 -The Donner Party became stranded in Sierra Nevada

  3-The group was rescued in February of 1847

  4-The Donner Party looked for a shortcut in July of 1846

Match the following term to its correct definition.

forty-niners

• group of people who came to California in search of gold

• sprinkle gold dust of small nuggets around an area

• declaring a certain piece of ground to be his to prospect

• group of people who liked the number 49.