Gold Rush

​On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill in _________, California.

• San Fernanda

• North Hollywood

• Sacramento

• San Francisco

_______was discovered at Sutter’s mill in 1848, California.

• plastic

• gold

• silver

• oil

Why has gold been valued gold throughout the years? Choose all the correct answers. 

• it is scarce

• it is beautiful

• • it is easy to shape

• it is resistant to tarnish

• • it glows in the dark

The following year thousands of gold seekers set out to make their fortunes. A ______ who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.

• Dodger

• Forty-Niner

• Forty-Eighter

• San Franciscan

A 49er who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.

• Sail 18,000 miles around South America and up the Pacific coast—suffering from storms, seasickness, and spoiled food.

• Sail around the horn of Africa.

• Sail to the narrow Isthmus of Panama, cross overland (and risk catching a deadly tropical disease), and then sail to California.

• Travel the trails across North America— braving rivers, prairies, mountains, and all the hardships of the trail.

​By _____, the gold rush was over. 

• 1752

• 1852

• 1952

• 2022

While it lasted, about _______ people flooded into California because of the Gold Rush. 

• 250

• 2,500

• 25,000

• 250,000

​​By _____ California had enough people to apply for statehood.

• 1849

• 1850

• 1851

• 1852

Although its constitution outlawed slavery, it did not grant African Americans the right to _____.​

• vote
• travel freely
• receive an education
• own property

California applied to Congress for admission to the Union and was admitted as a free state in 1850.

• True

• False