Gold Rush

As the settlers traveled west, they discovered what in CA?

• Diamonds

• Gold

• Silver

As news spread of gold being discovered, how many settlers went to CA?

• 45,000

• 29,000

• 10,000

What was the name of the miners mining the gold during the gold rush to California ?

• Story-liners

• Front-liners

• Forty-niners

The miners mining the gold during the gold rush to California were called Forty-Niners because the year was?

• 1879

• 1849

• 1869

True or false:

Boomtowns were set up near the mines. People could sell their goods/services to the miners. Called boomtowns because they grew so quickly.

• False

• True