What Was the Gold Rush? CH 6

On an average day a miner might collect this much gold

• $5 to $30

• $20 to $75

• $50 to $100

• $35 to $75

This played a big part in who got rich and who did not

• luck

• money

• timing, money

• strength, intelligence

John Sutter was an ​ (a)   person because his ​ (b)   were stolen by ​ (c)   . 3

• cattle
• prospectors
• unlucky

Explain what happened to John Sutter's bookeeper. Use text evidence. 3

​ (a)   and Daniel Murphy came to ​ (b)   in ​ (c)   and began prospecting in ​ (d)   . 4

• John
• CA
• 1844
• 1848

John Fremont's mistake was that he thought 1

• he bought land San Francisco

• he bought land San Antonio

• he bought land Rocky Mountains

• he bought land Oregon

The main source of California gold was called the 1

• "mother lode"

• "mother load"

• jackpot

• gold mine

Sam ​ (a)   moved to ​ (b)   in 1846 with ​ (c)   settlers. 3

• Brannan
• CA
• Mormon

The first newspaper in California was called the

• California Star

• California Sun

• Gold Rush news

• The Daily Nugget

Explain how Sam Brannan made mining for gold more expensive. Use text evidence. 4