Mexican American War/California Gold Rush/ Manifest Destiny Quiz

People from all over the world came to the California gold fields to get rich.

• True

• False

California became a slave state in 1850

• True

• False

Did most gold miners strike it rich?

• yes
• no

 What year did the gold rush in California begin? 

• 1492
• 1619
• 1776
• 1849

What state was admitted as the 31st member of the United States?

• California

• Arizona

• Oregon

• Utah

Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.

• True

• False

What were the people who searched for gold called?

• Gold diggers
• 49ers
• Crazy
• 76ers

The "49ers" had what was called ____________.

• silver fever

• gold fever

• hay fever

• scarlet fever

______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich  

• California Gold Rush
• Forty-niners
• Population Boom
• Economic BOOM!!!!!!

What conclusion can you draw about the California gold rush?

• The gold rush forever changed the American West.

• The gold rush was more important to South America than to the United States.

• The gold rush helped make most people in the United States rich.

• The gold rush should have been kept a secret.