
The California Gold Rush
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Social Studies
5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
John Sutter
Levi Strauss
James Marshall
Mrs. Ross
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
1948
1849
1848
1850
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What year did the gold rush begin?
1850
1848
1823
1849
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who were the 49ers?
Gold miners
Locals of California during the gold rush.
Football tram
The boom-town
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
______ 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!!!!!!
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
1. What was "gold fever?"
A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold
B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California
C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold
D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?
Levi Strauss
Elon Musk
John Sutter
John Bidwell
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