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WorksheetsThe California Gold Rush
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
"Gold Fever" referred to__________________.
people getting sick from mining too much gold.
the skin turning a goldish color from a high temperature.
The craze of 1849 in which over 80,000 people moved to California to mine gold.
Everyone wearing gold clothes to celebrate.
Mexican officials gave a Swiss immigrant named _________________________ permission to start a colony in California.
James K. Polk
John Sutter
Levi Strauss
James Marshall
The ________________ was a group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during winter.
San Francisco 49ers
Placer Miners
Californios
Donner Party
Gold-seeking migrants who moved to California in 1849, hoping to strike it rich were called ___________________.
49ers
Golden Boys
Vaqueros D'oro
Migrant Miners
____________________ used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.
Biddy Mason
Placer miners
Stake Claimers
Catherine Haun
Why was Sutter's Mill important?
It was the place where 49ers stayed when they moved west.
It was the site near where gold was discovered in 1848, which began the gold rush.
Many immigrants from Europe and China worked there.
It was the first mining camp that allowed African-Americans
In 1850, California became the _____________state.
Golden
Empire
31st
Miner
The majority of miners who came to California to search for gold did not become rich.
True
False
_______________ was a German Jewish immigrant who earned a fortune by making tough denim pants for miners.
Robert E. Lee
Gianni Versace
Ralph Lauren
Levi Strauss
The 49ers would _____________ , or search for gold.
scrounge
dig
prospect
scavenge
