WorksheetsGold Rush (Loara - Kopp)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the 49ers?
a)
Gold miners
b)
Locals of California during the gold rush.
c)
Football tram
d)
The boom-town
2.
Who participated in the goldrush ?
a)
Locals
b)
Prospectors
3.
Who was the first to find gold flakes?
a)
James Wilson Marshall
b)
John Sutter
c)
Wilson James Marshall
d)
Edward Hargraves
4.
What year did the gold rush begin?
a)
1850
b)
1848
c)
1823
d)
1849
5.
What river was the first flake of gold found?
a)
Sacramento River
b)
The Nile River
c)
American River
d)
Nueva Helvetia
6.
What type of mill was Marshall working on?
a)
Grist
b)
Water-powered saw
c)
Bandsaw
d)
Saw
7.
1. What was "gold fever?"
a)
A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold
b)
B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California
c)
C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold
d)
D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold
8.
What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
a)
Mexico gets to have Texas
b)
Mexico loses California New Mexico and Utah
9.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Sutters Mill
b)
San Fransisco
c)
San Diego
d)
Sacramento
10.
Why did people leave their fields half plowed, houses half-built, the families and their jobs?
a)
They needed a break
b)
They wanted to find gold
c)
They were offered paid time off
d)
They moved to cities instead of farms
11.
The Californian population increased from 400 to 44,000 from 1848 to 1850, what were these new immigrants called?
a)
Crazy
b)
Texians
c)
49ers
d)
Desperate
12.
What was the most permanent effect of the Gold Rush?
a)
Everyone developed tumors from the water
b)
California went to war with Texas
c)
Everyone left California for Mexico
d)
Immigration in California caused diversity
13.
Which route was the longest distance?
a)
By wagon train
b)
Across the Isthmus of Panama
c)
By ship around Cape Horn
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