The Gold Rush Review

Who found the first flakes of gold in the American River?

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

Where was gold found?

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

• Sutter's Mill

This man wanted to keep the discovery of gold a secret to prevent people from flooding his land in search of more gold:

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

• Sam Brannan

In which river was gold first found?

• California River

• American River

• San Francisco River

• Sutter River

This man became California's first millionaire by selling mining supplies.

• Sam Smith

• John Sutter

• James Marshall

• Sam Brannan

The movement from one country or place to another.

• Frenzy

• Migration

• Boomtown

• Ethnic

The westward migration began by 1849

• True

• False

Miners were called the 49ers because they migrated to California in 1849.

• True

• False

These are all negative effects of panning for gold except:

• Rocks needed to be torn up

• Miners lost fingernails

• Miners had to wade into freezing rivers

• Miners worked under the shade all day

______ and the United States both wanted California, so they went to war.

• Spain

• Great Britain

• Mexico