Gold Rush Quiz

Match the following individuals with their discoveries related to gold.

• Panned for gold nuggets in the Coloma River

• John C. Fremont, who was leading the American military at Sutter’s Fort, found a pinch of gold there

• Found a gold nugget while working at Sutter’s Mill

• James Marshall, who was working for John Sutter, discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill

• Discovered gold dust while digging a mine near San Francisco

• Samuel Brannan, who was operating Sutter’s Fort, panned for gold nuggets in the Coloma River

• Found a pinch of gold while leading the American military at Sutter’s Fort

• Pío Pico, who was digging mine near San Francisco, found gold dust buried in the ground

Miners had to (a)   before they could mine for gold on an area of land.

• pay a tax
• stake a claim
• find a pinch of gold
• sail to San Francisco

One example of how the Gold Rush affected settlements is that (a)   grew rapidly and eventually turned into a city.

• Sutter’s Fort became the busy city
• Sacramento grew rapidly and eventua
• Towns like Coloma were taken over b
• Women of that era came together in

The Gold Rush affected the environment in a negative way because (a)  

• Hydraulic mining led to flooding an
• Restaurants made a lot of money as
• Miners from other countries tended
• Panning for gold required miners to

How did Biddy Mason contribute to California?

• She was a Native American who led a revolt against the Indenture Act.

• She was a Californio who wrote down her experiences of the Gold Rush.

• She was an African American entrepreneur who helped people in Los Angeles.

• She was a woman who moved to San Francisco and opened the first woman-owned hotel.

What precious metal was found in California in 1848, and in Klondike(Alaska) in 1896?

• Platinum

• Coal

• Silver

• Gold

This term was given to those seeking gold fortunes in California

• Empresarios
• Tejanos
• 49ers
• Okies