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Gold Rush

Authored by Elliot Hastings

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

1492
1619
1776
1848

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Raiders

Carpet Baggers

Surfers

Forty Niners

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 

Rush towns
Cities of gold
Boomtowns
Ghost towns

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Empty cities

Ghost towns

Lonelyvilles

Boomtowns

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What state boomed in 1849 due to the Gold Rush?

Texas

Florida

Oregon

California

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 Where was gold first discovered in California?

Sutter's Mill

Sacramento

Comstock Lode

San Francisco

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

True

False

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