California Gold Rush

Prospectors worked their way through the _________________ with many tools since they could see veins of gold.

• gold

• decent

• rocker

• ore

Forty-niners wanted to make sure they got on a ___________ ship so it could handle storms on the way to San Francisco.

• scurvy

• sturdy

• eager

• foriegn

There were few merchants during the Gold Rush who were honest and ______________ men.

• scurvy

• swindler

• decent

• sturdy

Who were the forty-niners?

• A group of workers who refused to be treated badly at the mills.

• A group of people who decided to leave California because they did not find gold.

• A group of people who came from other countries to mine gold.

• A group of many people who joined the gold rush in one year.

How did Levi Strauss make money during the gold rush?

• He sold shovels to miners.

• He sold blue jeans to miners.

• He owned a mill where lots of gold was found.

• He stole gold from the other miners.

What year did the gold rush begin?

• 1850

• 1848

• 1823

• 1849

What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

• 1948

• 1849

• 1848

• 1850

Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?

• Levi Strauss

• Elon Musk

• John Sutter

• John Bidwell

Who were the 49ers?

• Gold miners

• Locals of California during the gold rush.

• Football tram

• The boom-town

Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?

• Russians

• Chinese

• Germans

• Gauls