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WorksheetsGold Rush
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
In who's saw mill was gold first found?
John Stutter
James Marshall
Eli Whitney
Miners
What did Stutter plan on doing with the gold at his mill?
Become a merchant
Build more mills
Build a city
Where was gold first found in California?
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bodie
Coloma
Why were the miners who came for gold called forty-niners?
49 people found gold
It was the year 1849
People came from 49 different places
What is the method of scooping up dirt from creeks and rivers so the gold will sink to the bottom called?
Panning
Mining
Scooping
How many people of the lot who came to California "struck it rich"?
All of them
1 of them
not many
Who invented the blue jeans?
James Marshall
Levi Strauss
Jacob Davis
What is a Boomtown?
A town where people talk in 'Boom' language
A town which always goes BOOM!
A town that grows very rapidly because of business opportunities
A town that has been left abandoned because none found any gold there.
What is a Ghost-town?
A town with lots of ghosts
A failed boomtown
A town that has very less population
Which is the most popular Ghost-town?
Bodie, California
San Francisco, California
Chicago, Illinois
Houston, Texas
Who were the most successful people during the time of the "Gold Fever"?
Miners who founds tons of gold.
Merchants, entrepreneurs, and steamboat owners.
What is an entrepreneur?
A person who found a lot of gold.
A person who starts and manages a business.
A person who invented something with someone else's idea.
