California Gold Rush

Who were the people who went to California in 1849 to find gold?

• Gold Seekers

• Forty-Niners

• Prospectors

• Miners

What was something most boom towns needed?

• Money

• Gold

• Food

• Police

How did the news about the discovery of gold in California spread so quickly?

• Through social media

• By carrier pigeons

• By television

• Through newspapers and President Polk’s speech

What item did Levi Strauss become famous for providing to miners?

• Tents

• Cooking pots

• Blue jeans

• Shovels

Which of these was a common route to California during the Gold Rush?

• Across Mexico

• Around Cape Horn

• Around Canada

• Across the Sahara Desert

What was Samuel Brannan known for during the Gold Rush?

• Finding the first gold nugget

• Selling mining supplies

• Leading a wagon train

• Building railroads

What is a ghost town?

• A town with only old people

• A town with a haunted house

• A town that was abandoned

• A town with gold mines

Why did some boom towns become ghost towns?

• The gold ran out

• People got tired of mining

• The weather was too harsh

• The government closed them

What kind of supplies did miners often need?

• Books, papers, and pens

• Shovels, pans, and food

• Bicycles, carts, and shoes

• Fishing rods, nets, and worms

What was one negative effect of the Gold Rush?

• Gold

• Travel

• Hydraulic mining

• Deforestation