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WorksheetsCalifornia Gold Rush
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 14mins
Where was gold first discovered in California?
Comstock Lode
Sutter's Mill
San Francisco
Lowell Mills
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush In 1849?
Raiders
Carpet Baggers
Surfers
Forty Niners
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?
Rush towns
Cities of gold
Boomtowns
Ghost towns
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold?
Gold sifting
Dirt panning
Panning for gold
Pan searching
During the Gold Rush, people came from many of the following countries EXCEPT
China
Japan
Chile
Germany
What was the most permanent effect of the Gold Rush?
Everyone developed tumors from the water
California went to war with Texas
Everyone left California for Mexico
Immigration in California caused diversity
Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?
Russians
Chinese
Germans
Gauls
Most gold miners struck it rich.
True
False
