WorksheetsCalifornia Gold Rush 1849
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Sutters Mill
b)
San Fransisco
c)
San Diego
d)
Sacramento
2.
What were the people who searched for gold called?
a)
Gold diggers
b)
49ers
c)
Crazy
d)
76ers
3.
______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking rich
a)
California Gold Rush
b)
Forty-niners
c)
Population Boom
d)
Economic BOOM!!!!!!
4.
Which of the following made a living for making tough denim jeans for the miners in California?
a)
Levi Strauss
b)
James Marhsall
c)
Jon Sutter
d)
Forty-niners
5.
California petitioned for statehood in 1850, why did northerners and southerners argue about it?
a)
Voting rights
b)
Slavery
c)
Democrats v Liberals
d)
Competing textile companies
6.
What year did the gold rush begin?
a)
1850
b)
1848
c)
1823
d)
1849
7.
Did most gold miners strike it rich?
a)
yes
b)
no
8.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Mrs. Ross
9.
Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?
a)
Levi Strauss
b)
Elon Musk
c)
John Sutter
d)
John Bidwell
10.
This route was the longest but it was also the safest. This route went all the way around South America.
a)
Overland Route
b)
Panama Route
c)
Cape Horn Route
11.
Staking a claim means taking a piece of land and marking it so that you can mine on it.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
The Foreign Miners Tax was...
a)
when the Chinese and non-American miners had to pay extra money for their claim.
b)
when everyone had to pay to mine.
c)
when people from other states had to pay extra money for their claim.
13.
What year did California become a state?
a)
1850
b)
1845
c)
1860
d)
1855
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