Gold Rush Test

The United States acquired the state of California from ...

• Winning the Texas Revolution

• Buying the land from Mexico after weakening their security

• Winning the Mexican-American War

• Spain

Places like Bodie, California were examples of mining camps that ...

• Stored valuable gold attracting settlers

• Went from a few hundred people to thousands of people in months

• Had few laws/rules

• Were safe and free from bandits

• Were abandoned during the Gold Rush

Match the following routes gold miners took to get to California

• Cape Horn (South America)

• The longest route gold miners took on ship

• Overland Trails

• The route gold miners took on steamship between Mexico and Guatamala

• Panama Canal

• Teh route gold miners took on wagons and horses

Placer mining ...

• Used pick axes and hammers

• Took place in river beds

• Filtered gold from collected gravel in rivers

• Used TNT/Dynamite

What were the challenges of Placer Mining?

• Using pickaxes

• Spent 10-14 hours a day panning for gold

• Standing in freezing cold river water

• Being exposed to sun radiation from the waist-up

• Using TNT/Dynamite

The ​ (a)   changed people's definition of success.

Most people who sought out gold ​ (b)   find what they were looking for.

Riches went to the ​ (c)   people to settle in California.

People were willing to court ​ (d)   to become rich overnight.

• Gold Rush
• did not
• fastest
• failure

Match the following

• Vigilante

• A famous town run by outlaws and vigilantes

• Bannock, Montana

• Someone who takes the law into their own hands without order

• "I'm innocent"

• The phrase said by guilty outlaws that got them killed

Hydraulic Mining ...

• Consisted of water pressure to blowout rock/mountains

• Was harmful for the environment

• Consisted of pickaxes and TNT

• Happened near river beds

Lode Mining ...

• Used heavy machinery to blowout rocks

• Located in river beds

• Consisted of digging tunnels and using TNT

Contrast these Gold Rush techniques:

Groups:

(a) Placer Mining

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(b) Hydraulic Mining

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(c) Lode Mining

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(d) Mine Merchants

• San Francisco

• Risks: environment degrading

• Equipment: pans and filters

• River beds

• Inside caves/mines

• Risks: Freezing and skin cancer

• Risks: low risk, usually successful

• Equipment: TNT & Pickaxes

• Equipment: high-pressure water hose

• Risks: Cave collapse, burns

• Along a mountain side

• Sold items miners needed